A Nor'easter Threatened Their Dream Wedding. They Walked Into The Storm Instead
Folks on the East Coast felt the effects of the Nor'easter that hit in September 2026. The storm caused its fair share of damage, and considering that the bulk of the storm hit during the weekend, it surely caused many plans to be altered or canceled, too. Some of those plans were weddings. Yet, one couple didn't let a Nor'easter spoil their wedding day. In fact, they embraced the bad weather.
September is the fourth most popular month to tie the knot. So, a big storm falling on a Saturday in September is surely a nightmare for many brides and grooms. Randy Knight and Jessica Dassen had been planning to pull off a destination wedding for months. The Delaware-based couple chose to say "I do" at Jennette's Pier in Nags Head, North Carolina, on September 24, 2026.
Of course, they had no idea what challenges that wedding date would ultimately present. Surely every wedding planner wishes happy couples knew just how risky planning an outdoor wedding can be. Yet a Nor'easter is basically the worst case scenario. Many folks surely would have pivoted to tying the knot indoors or even postponing the nuptials. For Knight and Dassen, though, they simply headed out into the storm. And, as their officiant put it, per Instagram, "When you're in love, a storm doesn't matter!"
The happy couple is thrilled with how their wedding turned out
In a video of the big day shared on Instagram, Randy Knight and Jessica Dassen's last-minute wedding photographer Wesley Snyder wrote that while "the weather had other plans" for their wedding day. "They went ahead with it anyway and even grabbed people in the parking lot as a witness. 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 and do the best I could."
Alanis Morissette fans know all too well that "rain on your wedding day" is said to be good luck. Yet Knight and Dassen had more good luck than just that; their officiant enthusiastically joined them on the stormy beach, and a professional photographer just so happened to be walking his dog nearby. In an interview with CBS 17, Dassen explained, "We had everything; it was funny, crazy, wild, and what we wanted to do." As for Knight, he said, "The weather honestly did not matter to me; I was marrying my best friend." They say there are subtle hints that tell wedding planners that a marriage won't last once the day begins. And we have a feeling braving the big storm at the altar is a sign of wonderful things to come.