The bride, 25, and bridegroom, 24, had long planned to wed on that day and at that location in their hometown, but that was before the surge of Hurricane Katrina swept away the bottom 10 feet of all four church walls along with rows of heavy wooden pews. In their place were plastic chairs and nearly unobstructed vistas of destruction.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/fashion/wed...