# Any statistics available on how many people get married every year during natural disasters? (Spoilers for Disney's Encanto listed) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 14, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-statistics-available-on-how-many-people-get-married-every-year-during-natural-disasters-spoilers-for-disneys-encanto-listed/957806 "2022-01-14T20:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-statistics-available-on-how-many-people-get-married-every-year-during-natural-disasters-spoilers-for-disneys-encanto-listed/957806/1 "2022-01-14T20:40:10Z")
This question popped into my head when I was listening to “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Disney’s _Encanto_ for the 150th time. Bruno, a man with the gift of prophecy, made a comment to his sister Pepa (whose moods control the weather) on her wedding day that it “looks like rain”, and the idea “floods her brain” on a cloudless day, causing her to create a hurricane during the wedding ceremony. This caused me to think: How many people per year get married during natural disasters like hurricanes, tornado warnings, floods, and blizzards? Are statistics available for such things? Or, if a hurricane _is_ predicted to take place on someone’s wedding day, do they just move it back? Can that happen on short notice? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-statistics-available-on-how-many-people-get-married-every-year-during-natural-disasters-spoilers-for-disneys-encanto-listed/957806/2 "2022-02-02T00:04:59Z")
Natural disasters during wedding ceremonies are rare enough to be newsworthy, not just in the local section. > **[Pictured: The moment Chinese earthquake wrecked a church...in the middle of a...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-566755/Pictured-The-moment-Chinese-earthquake-wrecked-church--middle-couples-wedding.html)** > > Dazed and plastered in dust, a bride and groom stand moments after China's earthquake in the shattered ruin of the church where they had been having their wedding photos taken. This is the latest picture to emerge from the disaster that has killed up... > **['The whole town was feeling hope': Flooding in Canmore couldn't keep couple...](https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-whole-town-was-feeling-hope-flooding-in-canmore-couldnt-keep-couple-from-saying-i-do)** > > As flood waters rose in the streets of Canmore last week, Christine Bierman and her fiancé Mickey Cimolai feared their wedding would be a total bust > **[Amid flood and curfew, couple says 'I do'](https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/life/people/2016/08/18/amid-flood-and-curfew-couple-says-do/88755110/)** > > At the end of the day, it's completely representative of Cajun culture. Come hell or high water, we're there for people no matter what. > **[Earthquake interrupts couple's wedding ceremony preps](https://abc13.com/wedding-day-earthquake/1498156/)** > > A wedding day is supposed to rock the bride's and the groom's world. > **[Earthquake Hits During Couple's Wedding Ceremony (Video)](https://philnews.ph/2019/04/26/earthquake-hits-wedding-ceremony/)** > > EARTHQUAKE - The videographers captured the 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Philippines during one couple's wedding ceremony. > **[Wedding guests cling to tables as earthquake hits while bride and groom say vows](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wedding-guests-cling-tables-earthquake-18893060)** > > Fortunately no one was injured during the earthquake, in the Gonen district of Isparta, in Turkey > **[‘Today’s the day’: the miracle wedding NSW flood waters couldn’t stop](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/23/todays-the-day-the-miracle-wedding-flood-waters-couldnt-stop)** > > Kate Fotheringham’s wedding plans didn’t include a natural disaster, but even that wasn’t going to stop the ceremony > **[For Better or Worse, Literally! Wedding Proceeds Despite Flood](https://rachfeed.net/for-better-or-worse-literally-wedding-proceeds-despite-flood/)** > > During the wedding, couples vow to love each other for better or for worse. They are expected to fulfill those vows throughout their lifetime but one couple in Capiz had a literally “for better or worse” kind of wedding when the storm flooded the... > [@ekedolphin](#): > > Or, if a hurricane _is_ predicted to take place on someone’s wedding day, do they just move it back? Yes, if there’s a hurricane, any _outdoor_ wedding will be cancelled, suspended, or moved inside. In rain they might go for tents and umbrellas, but you can’t stay outside during a hurricane because it is unsafe. In the case of any predicted natural disaster, there is always the possibility of the venue cancelling on you due to safety concerns. If it’s a major hurricane there’s usually a couple days notice. At least in Florida, most venues have a hurricane/cancellation policy for events (something you should be aware of if planning a wedding during hurricane season). The city may cut utilities in advance of a major storm, there could be a mandatory evacuation order, and in the immediate leadup flights will be cancelled by the airlines thus depriving many out-of-towners their transportation to the event. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-statistics-available-on-how-many-people-get-married-every-year-during-natural-disasters-spoilers-for-disneys-encanto-listed/957806/3 "2022-02-02T00:19:52Z")
Wow, when this thread wasn’t answered for almost three weeks, I was afraid I’d asked a very stupid question, even by _my_ usual standards. This was well worth waiting for, all these stories! Thank you.