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Shannon Kelly Donahue

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Writer ~ Editor ~ Advocate Wildlife, Banshees, Climate, Language, Grief, Music, Gaeilge Ciarraí Abú! Words in Catamaran, Forum, Writers Rebel 2025 Evangeline Atwood Fellow at Storyknife Honored to live in Alaska on Jilkáat Aani shannonkellydonahue.com

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · Dec 4

Hello BlueSky!

I'm an environmental writer & advocate living on Jilkáat Aani, also known as Haines, Alaska. I also spend time in Corca Dhuibhne, the westest of West Kerry, Ireland, where I write, improve my Irish, and play with dogs.

I write creative nonfiction, poetry, and advocacy pieces.

Sunset over the Blasket Islands and the Three Sisters, West Kerry, Ireland. This is the view that inspires my writing the most.

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 13h

It probably saw you anyway!

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 16h

Likewise, a non-clickable image with a long and complicated url!

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 16h

Western Alaska storm relief:

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 23h

If you are shipping donations on Lynden (and they are taking stuff in Fairbanks to truck to Anchorage) pack it in totes, and hey, throw in a few of those smaller Sterilite boxes too! Those are perfect for hygiene stuff and small belongings.
Let's help folks get some small semblance of organization!

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 17h

For Western Alaska storm relief (from a Western Alaskan):

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 23h

One thing folks are going to need, strangely enough, will be storage totes.
Families are left, in too many cases, with nothing else except what they were able to carry to shelter.
As relief supplies come in they will need something to keep stuff in.

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 1d

What does Typhoon Halong reveal about housing conditions in Western Alaska? Here's a thread...👇

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 1d

More a question of when than if…..

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 1d

I really enjoyed it and was surprised by both its tenderness and depth!

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 1d

It’s working—I watched the William Hurt version last night after reading your post! Looking forward to seeing the new version. I’d heard of the title before but had no idea!

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 2d

Thanks for these updates, Corinne.

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 2d

Love this!

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Angutekaraq Qakvalria @angutekaraq.bsky.social · 2d

From accounts with relatives from Kipnuk, the village is a total loss. One of my Elder relatives says it's wiped out. Those rectangular dots in the distance? Houses floating away

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 2d

At least 20 people are unaccounted for in Kwigillingok, in the Y-K Delta as of Sunday morning, and several homes were flooded and carried away by the remnants of Typhoon Halong - the worst storm on record.

Damage is still being assessed along the coast of Western Alaska
www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...

A major storm is bringing dangerous flooding and hurricane-force winds to Western Alaska

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have already caused damaging flooding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The storm is expected to move north and continue into Monday.

www.kyuk.org

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Erin aka Bippy in Alaska @itsbippy.bsky.social · 2d

We are praying for our friends and the Yukon Kuskokwim region. #Alaska #WeatherAlert #FundNOAA alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

A major storm is bringing dangerous flooding and hurricane-force winds to Western Alaska

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have already caused damaging flooding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The storm is expected to move north and continue into Monday.

alaskapublic.org

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 2d

This is the second massive storm to hit Western Alaska this week. These are remote communities with no roads in or out.
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Live updates: A major storm is bringing dangerous flooding and hurricane-force winds to Western Alaska

Some residents are reportedly unaccounted for or trapped in houses as a major storm brings high water and winds to Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities.

www.adn.com

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

But in case you missed it, Fr Dowling's statement takes the time to make it explicit: "Father, forgive the ones who do not know what they are doing. Have mercy on the souls of those who know exactly what they're doing."

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 3d

I'm having a really hard time waiting for the new Séamus Heaney collection to make its way across the ocean and then the continent to my mailbox.

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 3d

Sounds like it! But remember to give yourself at least some credit for the things you’ve done to get yourself there!

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 3d

There is an overwhelming amount of beauty crammed into this post!

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 4d

Friday late afternoon storm info on Alaska Public Media. #akwx #weather #ExtremeWeather

alaskapublic.org/2025-10-10/w...

Western Alaska in crosshairs for major storm, with high wind and flooding expected

That's according to the National Weather Service, which has issued weather warnings or watches along most of Alaska's west and northwest coast, from the Kuskokwim Delta all the way north to Utqiagvik.

alaskapublic.org

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 4d

Yessssss!!!!

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 4d

Wasn’t that on the menu for the Trump-Putin summit?

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 4d

Amazing how much more interesting and entertaining Actual Alaska is. Give us those feuding alligator/crocodile brothers from the Mat-Su. The Fox News affiliate anchor who melted down & posted a pic of the mayor’s butt, hurling anchorage into chaos.

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 4d

I was planning to be in Vancouver this week to see them and Lankum (separately)! Thankfully I have tix for Kneecap in Killarney in December. Mary Wallopers too!

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 4d

I can’t stop thinking about the power of absurdity/absurdism in a post-satire society.

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