As news agencies called more and more states for Donald Trump Tuesday evening, Canada’s informational website on immigration and citizenship began experiencing repeated outages, presumably due to a surge in traffic. Wonder why.
The Canadian immigration site — https://t.co/ndxYr5ZaDu — is currently down, presumably under the strain of unprecedented demand.
— Ina Fried (@inafried) November 9, 2016
According to The Telegraph, searches for the word “emigrate” also jumped in the United States at around the same time. Seems odd.
People in the US are increasingly searching for the word "emigrate" over the last few hours #ElectionNight https://t.co/CJCBsKKKNE pic.twitter.com/hEH5lmPko1
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 9, 2016
Of course, maybe it’s all just a silly coincidence. May God have mercy on us all.
