James Brosher

Arctic weather returns to South Bend (did it really ever leave?)

January 28, 2014

These days South Bend is feeling more like Siberia. If the substantial snowfalls we keep getting aren’t enough, we are also constantly dealing with sub-freezing temperatures. For the second time this year, the city of South Bend declared a winter weather emergency. And this is coming from a city that is most certainly accustomed to big winter snowfalls. It’s hard to stay creative from a visual standpoint in these arctic weather conditions, especially since I’ve been shooting the same photos in essence since late November. Spring cannot arrive soon enough.

Winter Weather — Erika Cruz, a South Bend Parks and Recreation employee, uses a blower to clear snow off the sidewalk in front of The State theater on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in downtown South Bend. A frigid and snowy month continued as temperatures plunged below freezing yet again. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Winter Weather Returns — Drivers gingerly work their way south on Indiana 933 past the Chase Tower on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in downtown South Bend. Sub-freezing temperatures and blowing snow returned to the Michiana area yet again. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Deadly pileup on Interstate 94 near Michigan City, Indiana

January 28, 2014

After reports in the national media and on social media, I was sent to Michigan City, Ind. on Thursday evening to photograph the scene of a colossal pileup. My drive happened to coincide with one of the worst snow storms I’ve ever had to drive through (and this is coming from someone who lived in Wyoming). Somehow I made it and was able to make a few pictures of the destruction along the interstate. It’s truly unlike anything I had ever seen. It was so unread it seemed like something one might see in a disaster movie.