Jonathan Jee News Today

BATON ROUGE — Its estimated that Mondays total solar eclipse will inject $1.5 billion into the nations economy. The figure includes money spent to travel across the country to inside the path of totality and participate in space-themed activities.

South Louisiana will experience a total solar eclipse next week, and one Baton Rouge man has launched a business tied to the celestial event.

South Louisiana will experience a total solar eclipse next week, and one Baton Rouge man has launched a business tied to the celestial event.

Jonathan Jee works as an accounting controller for a Baton Rouge engineering company. When he gets home from work, he immediately begins filling orders for his second gig: Cajun Eclipse Glasses. The one-man company sells special eclipse glasses designed for viewing the rare event that will happen on April 8.