Fierce coastal storm didn’t stop couple’s beach wedding on NC’s Outer Banks
A Delaware couple hoping to get married on an Outer Banks beach decided not to let a fierce nor’easter side track their dream, photos show.
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Coastal documentarian Wes Snyder reports he was waiting for high tide when he saw a woman in a wedding dress near Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, North Carolina. It was about 6 p.m. Thursday, when the storm was whipping the coast with gusts up to 50 mph and waves near 12 feet.
“Randy and Jessica are in town for their wedding but obviously the weather had other plans. They went ahead with it anyway and even grabbed people in the parking lot as a witness,” Snyder wrote in a social media post.
“I happen to be standing there shooting the storm so I stopped everything and gave them a quick shoot in the storm while they got married. Their scheduled photographer didn’t want to shoot in this weather and I was happy to step up.”
Wind gusts and intermittent rain forced the couple to exchange vows under the pier, where cream-colored sea foam was blowing around like large snowflakes.
“When you’re in love, a storm doesn’t matter,” the officiant is heard saying in the video.
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“We were committed,” the groom says.
The couple was later seen across the street from the pier at Sam & Omie’s restaurant.
“So heartwarming to see how Sam & Omie’s, and other locals there embraced this couple and helped make their day extra special, even amidst a nor’easter!” Phil Reeves wrote on Facebook. “What wonderful memories these will be!”
Snyder’s video had 250,000 views on Facebook as of Friday morning, and racked up more than 500 comments. Many called it “a wedding to never forget.”
“True love prevails!” Connie Hart Goeden posted.
The storm continues to cause flooding and power outages on the Outer Banks. As of 6:30 a.m. Friday, 3,400 customers were without power in Kill Devil Hills and major roads were closed, according to Dare County officials.
A 500-foot section of the coastal highway NC 12 was found ripped apart on Thursday, the N.C. Department of Transportation reported Thursday. It is closed to traffic.
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Nags Head is about a 195-mile drive northeast from downtown Raleigh.
