Apparently this was happening again last night, too. The article was about the night before the Persian Gulf War started.
Where did you read it was happening last night?
It was all over Twitter/X. Google has live reporting of how busy shops are.
In DC pizza orders were unusually high and gay bars were unusually empty.
Last night or a couple of nights ago? It would make sense that there were lots of pizzas ordered as they were arranging the prisoner exchange with Russia.