A massive, sudden hail storm struck Calgary on the weekend. It sent people fleeing for cover.
Hail havoc on the #CalgaryStampede grounds! Yikes! #yyc
Whoa.
Hail is coming down hard in downtown Calgary #abstorm
That was also the wedding day for Helen Knight and Owen Chan. They seem like pretty awesome people, yes?
The result is this amazing shot, taken just before the storm drenched the entire wedding party.
Knight said that they "knew that a storm was abrewin' but did not expect it to hit so fast, nor so hard."
She described the scene as the skies opened up on them:
We had two goals: protect my hair, protect the cameras, everything else was thrown under the proverbial bus - especially the groomsmen (chivalry lives!) Within less than a minute, both Owen and I were soaked from the knees down ... In the 1 second between when my head left the umbrella's coverage and found the car, a bucket of rain found it's way to my forehead, so my bangs were plastered to my face. Both Owen and I had puddles in our shoes.
The wet wedding party rushed to the couple's house to try and dry off before dinner. "The boys tossed all of their suits into the dryer and the bridesmaids worked quickly to fix Helen's hair and blow dry her dress," said photographer Cassie Molyneux.
Molyneux (left) and the couple have been getting lots of attention for the pic. Here they are grabbing some ice cream after a local TV appearance.
Molyneux said the fact that the couple "basically had buckets of water dumped on them on their wedding day and still came out smiling, happy and full of love just blew me away and I now love them even more!"
