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Eclipse Information
To listen to a special broadcast about the upcoming Eclipse, featuring Grant Capel, Union County Ambulance Service, Dana Pearson, Union County Emergency Services, and Sheriff Scott Harvel, click on the "Morning Magazine" page listed at the left.  Information on public safety, travel and more is provided.  
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We here at WIBH want you to enjoy and be safe during the solar eclipse and the days preceding it.  Here are some tips we have gathered:
*Avoid traveling during the eclipse, but if you are driving, turn your headlights on…don’t rely on automatic headlights
*Avoid Interstate 57 and other state highways that may become congested
*Don’t stop along highways, and watch out for pedestrians alongside the road
*Limit travel from August 18-22, but if you must travel, have your fuel tank filled in advance
*Check on the elderly to ensure they have their needs met
*During the eclipse, supervise children & take care of pets that may become frightened or agitated

"Eclipse Glasses" & Handheld Viewers Safety: The following well-known telescope and solar-filter companies manufacture and/or sell eclipse glasses (sometimes called eclipse shades) and/or handheld solar viewers that have been verified by an accredited testing laboratory to meet the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard for such products. They are listed in alphabetical order; those with an asterisk (*) are based outside the United States.
Solar Filter Brands Note: Baader Planetarium's AstroSolar Safety Film and AstroSolar Photo Film, sold in the U.S. by Alpine Astronomical and Astro-Physics (see below), are not certified to meet the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard and are not designed to work as eclipse shades or handheld solar filters. Baader's AstroSolar Silver/Gold Film, on the other hand, does meet the ISO 12312-2 safety standard for filters for eyes-only direct viewing of the Sun.
Numerous other astronomy- and science-related enterprises and organizations sell eclipse glasses made by the companies listed above. If you buy from any of these businesses, you know you are getting ISO-compliant safe solar viewers.
Astronomy, Science & Optics Vendors Some (not all) locations in the following retail chains sell ISO-compliant safe eclipse glasses and/or handheld viewers made by the companies listed at the top of this page, so you can confidently buy solar viewers if you find them in their stores — but not necessarily on their websites. Links are provided only to help you locate the store nearest you.
Retail Chains Here are some additional sellers of ISO-compliant safe solar viewers made by the companies listed at the top of this page. Some of these have storefronts on Amazon.com, where there are also numerous sellers of solar viewers that we have not been able to confirm are safe (though Amazon appears to be making a good-faith effort to remove such vendors and products from its website). We recommend that you buy only from companies listed on this page.
Online & Other Vendors FREE eclipse glasses from libraries: With support from Google and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Space Science Institute's STAR_Net initiative has distributed more than 2 million ISO-compliant safe solar eclipse glasses to libraries all across the U.S. To find out which libraries near you are holding eclipse-related events and distributing free eclipse glasses, see the library map on the STAR_Net website.
FREE eclipse glasses from Astronomers Without Borders: The August 21st eclipse will be visible throughout the U.S., but many schools and other organizations in underserved communities and remote areas can't afford to purchase safe eclipse glasses. Astronomers Without Borders is giving away ISO-compliant safe solar eclipse glasses to needy groups willing and able to pay the cost of shipping and seeks donations to offset the cost of the glasses.
Other sources: What if you received eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer from a relative, friend, neighbor, or acquaintance? If that person is an amateur or professional astronomer — and astronomers have been handing out eclipse viewers like Halloween candy lately — they're almost certainly ISO-compliant, because astronomers get their solar filters from sources they know and trust (in other words, from the ones listed on this page). Ditto for professional astronomical organizations (including college and university physics and astronomy departments) and amateur-astronomy clubs.
If you bought or were given eclipse viewers at a science museum or planetarium, or at an astronomy trade show, again you're almost certainly in possession of ISO-compliant filters. As long as you can trace your filters to a reputable vendor or other reliable source, and as long as they have the ISO logo and a statement attesting to their ISO 12312-2 compliance, you should have nothing to worry about. What you absolutely should not do is search for eclipse glasses on the internet and buy whatever pops up in the ads or search results. Buy from one of sources listed here instead.
Be sure to read our safety tips before using "eclipse glasses" or handheld viewers, and see "How to Tell If Your Eclipse Glasses or Handheld Solar Viewers Are Safe" for additional important information.