Couple’s Amazing Wedding Photos Capture Tornado Swirling in the Background!
- Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:20pm by
Liz Klimas
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Some outdoor weddings are moved inside due to thunder and rain but the even more violent threat of a tornado wasn’t about to stop this couple from tying the knot.
KWCH-TV reports groom Caleb Pence and bride Candra, who held a wedding in the town of Harper, Kansas, on Saturday, knew the tornado was a few miles away and not heading in their direction. As with any event that takes months of planning, the show must go on. Not letting the storm faze them, the newlyweds got once-in-a-lifetime wedding photographs.
Caleb and Candra Pence newly married pose for a photograph in front of a tornado only a couple miles away in Kansas. (Photo: Cate Eighmey via KWCH)
KAKE (via ABC News) reported Caleb saying he wasn’t concerned about the tornado as he had grown up with them his whole life. His bride, on the other hand, hails from Nebraska and hadn’t seen one in person before:
“It was very classic: boots, jeans, wheat and tornado. You can’t get any better than that for Kansas,” [Caleb's mother Carla said.]
Here is footage of part of the ceremony and the tornado:
Check out this other version from a cousin in the family who seems a bit more worried than everyone else about the tornadoes:
Carla told KWCH, “this is just who we are — wheat farmers who live in Kansas and we have tornadoes.”
Although the tornado didn’t put a stop to the wedding, it did damage a neighboring farm a few miles away.
The couple’s photos have begun going viral with even the Weather Channel requesting the snapshots. The Pence’s are now enjoying their honeymoon.
The videos in this post have been updated.
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Comments (51)
AlcoholicMB
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 8:06pmUgh, after sifting through the litany of brain-exploding stories today, it‘s great to finally see one that’s really neat.
Report Post »Gypsy123
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 7:39pmI would say this is the prettiest wedding I have ever seen. There is nothing that can compare to the beauty of Gods power over the wind and the wedding of a happy couple. Both Gods creations.
Report Post »AMENDMENT
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 9:11amThat picture on the story is awesome. So vibrant. I wish the couple many memorable and happy years together!
Report Post »avgconservative
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 7:15pmI love it… where city boys crap their drawers, tornadoes are just a part of the scenery in KS, OK, TX, and NE.
Report Post »watashbuddyfriend
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 7:14pmMust be a Cowboy? Did not remove his hat to kiss the bride! Grin
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 6:40pmStormy relationship?
Report Post »SovereignSoul
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 6:46pmWhirlwind romance?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 7:49pmJust married; start funneling money into the retirement plan.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 7:50pmYes, we’re twisted….
Report Post »ladyevidence
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 6:37pmI know it’s weird, but I would love a print like that on my wall!
Report Post »SFfam
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 10:05pmI completely agree. That is a gorgeous photo!
Report Post »Two Sheds
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 10:24pmMe too. Much better than Brokeb… nevermind. It’s beautiful.
Report Post »65Mustang
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 6:31pmI think it is lovely, the tornado just enhanced the day. I can’t even begin to imagine the money they saved from having an over-the-top wedding that will probably end in divorce.
Report Post »Snidely
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 11:02pmThat was rude. There’s absolutely no reason for that stupid divorce comment.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 5:36pmHeartland wedding with redneck tan lines. I like it!
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 5:05pmHope the mariage is smooth sailing and not as stormy as the wedding photo!
Report Post »redbone007
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 4:09pmGod telling them that they will be able to weather all storms during their marriage.
Report Post »miamisammy
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 3:34pmMy cousin just got married and all that appears in the background of his photos is a Massive Obama debt sucking up all his future income.
Report Post »Blazen420
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 3:24pmThat is an awesome wedding photo!
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 3:05pmLove that picture. They have their lives ahead of them. Hope they manage to stay together. It’s not easy to do in our society.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 5:28pmsure it is. nobody can afford to get divorced in an Obama recession.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 2:34pmLove is amazing! Not even a couple tornadoes could stop these two. I wish them luck and a long happy til death do them part marriage!
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 2:47pmLooks like the cover of a Country album, “ Love befor the storm ”.,,,lol
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 2:17pmOne important item on the Pre-Nup from the groom to the bride…..who gets the “storm-cellar”. (I know, by reading who grew-up with tornados) LOL Just kidding..I wish them well!
Report Post »Shellback
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 2:06pmI saw this picture and thought that it looks like Western KS. Then I read the story and it was confirmed. What is more awesome is to watch a lightening storm in the high plains. Multiple streaks of lightening filling the whole night sky for 30-60 mins.
Report Post »Liztaylor1982
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:57pmI love this picture, where have all the cowboys gone — nothing sexier than a groom wearing a cowboy hat and kissing his beautiful bride. My next husband is going to be a cowboy!!! The tornado shot was awesome, not many photos like that I betcha.
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 3:04pmIf you like cowboys go to the poineerwoman.com
She’s got a few cowboy pictures. She lives on a ranch.
Report Post »thekuligs
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:47pmI lived in Texas all my life but didn’t see a tornado until I moved to Nebraska. I don’t know how she missed them.
Report Post »Snidely
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 11:05pmI’ve lived in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa for over 50 years, and I’ve never seen a tornado.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:45pmThat’s Awesome.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:41pmI would call that… a Bad Omen!
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 5:26pmNo. We had stormy Florida thunderstorm skys in our bride-and-groom smootching-on-the-beach picture and we’ve been happily married 18 years!
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:38pmI betchya anything they took their honeymoon to the windy city.
Report Post »rede911
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:33pmThat is an amazing picture!
It makes you stop and think about how fragile our lives really are. In a moment, and without warning, calamity can strike. No matter how safe we feel, no matter how secure our present surroundings may seem, the unthinkable can happen. We need to prepare now as best we can for whatever may come.
Are You Ready? http://www.BigRedE.com
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:28pmAmazing.
Report Post »ki2cool22
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:36pmNOW THAT IS COOL!!!
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OutOfTheAether
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:42pmthe classic example of a ‘whirlwind’ romance ;)
Report Post »js1964
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:55pmAgree! it is Amazing!
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 8:00amJust beautiful.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:27pmThat tornado represents the hell he’s going to go through when she files for divorce.
Report Post »Orpheus75
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 2:36pmor that, no matter the storms in their lives, they will be fine.
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 1:24pmHa…Weding….I think you mean Weeding!
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