diff --git a/nodeapp/src/alert.js b/nodeapp/src/alert.js
index 00e0e4c..40a69a2 100644
--- a/nodeapp/src/alert.js
+++ b/nodeapp/src/alert.js
@@ -4,6 +4,41 @@ require('dotenv').config({path: path.join(__dirname, '../../.env')})
 
 const alert = (type) => {
   console.log('Alert triggered for type: ' + type)
+
+  switch(type) {
+    // Water is needed
+    case 'wantwater':
+      const tweet = [
+        'I\'m getting pretty thirsty over here, @JayWll',
+        'So. Very. Dry. You know I\'m a succulent not a cactus, right @JayWll? 🌵',
+        'Hey @JayWll, water me. 🥛',
+        'They say a man shall not live by bread alone, and a succulent won\'t live if you don\'t WATER ME @JAYWLL!!1! 🍞🚰💦',
+        '@JayWll seriously bro. A little water. That\'s all I ask.'
+      ]
+      break;
+
+    // Water has been received
+    case 'gotwater':
+      const tweet = [
+        'Thanks to whoever watered me just now!! So moist.',
+        'So refreshing! Thank you, mysterious stranger, for the life-giving liquidy sustenance.',
+        'Whoever watered me (I\'m kind of guessing it was you, @Katheryn_mur), know that I appreciate it!'
+      ]
+      break;
+    }
+
+    // Define options for the twitter API
+    const msg = new twit({
+      consumer_key: process.env.CONSUMER_KEY,
+      consumer_secret: process.env.CONSUMER_SECRET,
+      access_token: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN,
+      access_token_secret: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
+    })
+
+    // Post a tweet
+    //msg.post('statuses/update', { status: tweet[Math.floor(Math.random() * tweet.length)] })
+    console.log(tweet[Math.floor(Math.random() * tweet.length)])
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = alert