Willow Olson

Married mom of six living it up in the great land.

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

This was the day after a typhoon hit us. @WCKitchen was the first to arrive with help. They chartered a plane - filled it full of food and other needed supplies. They kept sending food until the need was met.

[World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen]

WCK is working side by side with local communities in Alaska to deliver critical food supplies by ATV to families affected by the recent flooding. In Napakiak, our teams joined local leaders Gordon, Walter, and David to provide groceries and hot meals to residents in need. #ChefsForAlaska

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

If you can help these amazing communities. Please go to https://t.co/jbGjtSt9OL and donate.

[Alaska Public Media News @AKpublicnews]

Water came within an inch of Luke Amik’s home. He watched other homes float by as waters rose higher than they ever had. One crashed into his house.

“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” he said. “I still can’t believe what’s happening right now.”

https://t.co/dv4ueGNbLQ

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Destruction in Alaska needs @CNN @NBCNews @CBSNews @ABC as the situation on the aftermath of typhoon Halong, is bad, flooding in many places! So @WCKitchen is there from Nightmute to Anchorage supporting from air and land! #ChefsForAlaska

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

WCK in action delivering around Nightmute. We arrived today with 700lbs of food for the community. @WCKitchen has been there over the last two days in Alaska helping with Food, water and anything else the locals need in multiple locations with difficult to access #ChefsForAlaska

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

Hundreds have been relocated due to their infrastructure being wiped out. Help if you can donate at https://t.co/jbGjtSsBZd

[AccuWeather @accuweather]

Before-and-after photos from different angles show the devastation from flooding in Kipnuk, Alaska.

Rescuers are working to find missing residents and help people displaced after a storm brought heavy rain, strong wind gusts, and dangerous storm surge. https://t.co/7efv46rtiz

[Alaska Public Media News @AKpublicnews]

More than a thousand people in Western Alaska are sleeping in their local school after a massive storm Sunday made their homes unlivable.

But some of the schools are no longer livable either.
https://t.co/85BmiAFw8p

[World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen]

WCK's John is on the ground in Anchorage, Alaska, after Typhoon Halong devastated coastal communities over the weekend. He's en route to Bethel, a town hit hard by the typhoon, to support the community. #ChefsForAlaska

[World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen]

World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is in Alaska, where Typhoon Halong left a devastating wake of flooding and destruction in remote coastal cities. The storm brought hurricane-force winds, storm surges, and floods that swept away homes. Our teams will be serving first responders and impacted families, many of whom have lost their homes, workplaces, and community centers.

This is a quickly evolving situation—we’ll share more information as soon as we have it. #ChefsForAlaska
📸 @ABC

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

Doing our best to protect from the remnants of Typhoon Halong. Full force hits tomorrow. Pray for all those that will be impacted in Western Alaska.

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

@AlaskaAir There’s been zero compensation for trying to find floors to sleep on, lost hotel reservations at destination, food and just the epic mishandling of this event.

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

@AlaskaAir They are on that but they are being told that akair forgot to send up the mechanic on the morning flight so that new segment is delayed because he still has to work on the plane after he finally arrives.

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

@AlaskaAir 155 and look this needs to go to management. There seems to be no plan in place to get folks out in time. My 2 kids are traveling.

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

This is a tough read.

[NTSB Newsroom @NTSB_Newsroom]

NTSB issues the preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the Feb. 6 crash of a Textron Aviation (Cessna) 208B airplane near Nome, Alaska. Download the report PDF: https://t.co/UVnFPeHHdv

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

Just a reminder that #jesseholmes came to help our small town after a typhoon hit and he was injured very badly. He has a place in my heart and our city. Very happy he won the #iditarod and very thankful for the #uglydogs community.

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

On Jessie’s accident in Golovin from Jeff Deeter:

Oh my god man, it was the freakiest thing. We have been pulling insulation from under the houses (elevated on posts) and there is plywood holding it up. Removing that wood had been a

[David Reamer @ANC_Historian]

March 3, 1944 Inupiaq 15 y/o Alberta Schenck's letter in Nome Nugget complaining of discrimination at Nome's Dream Theater. "I am one of God's children regardless of race, color, or creed." Arrested 8 days later for sitting in theater's whites-only section. #alaskahistory #alaska

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

Is this for real?

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

The National Weather Service (NWS) has announced an “indefinite suspension” of weather balloon launches from Kotzebue, Alaska due to a lack of staffing at the local weather forecasting office (WFO). @ryanhickman

[aircraftmaintenancengineer @airmainengineer]

Clearist footage showing the crash moment of Delta - Endevoir Air CRJ-900 Flight DL4819 from Minneapolis (MSP) to Toronto (YYZ) with registration N932XJ.
We will share the reports as soon as available.

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

Excellent article talking about the victims of last weeks plane crash.💔

[Anchorage Daily News @adndotcom]

Grief, shock and support: Remembering the 10 Alaskans who died on Bering Air flight 445 https://t.co/7N7xlDhELL

[Sen. Lisa Murkowski @lisamurkowski]

Whether through prayer, fundraisers from local businesses, or greeting Bering Air flights as service resumed this weekend, I want to thank the Alaskans who are lifting up Nome, Unalakleet, and the Bering Air family. It’s been a hard weekend for all of us, but seeing the state come together truly highlights the best of Alaska.

https://t.co/1zBANMBr1v

[Willow Olson @willowolson]

Fundraising account for one of the plane crash victims.
https://t.co/0zWFEpVqvd