other aircraft flew into the low- and middle-levels. A record of over 500 parachute sensors were dropped into the storm while it was active. Each costing $600 (1998 USD), they sent storm data to research centers via Global Positioning System. During the storm, the Weather Channel web site experienced substantially increased traffic. Up from an average of three million views per day, 10 million page views on August 26 led to slow download times on the website. On seven major weather providers, page views increased by 123% from August 24 – August 26, compared to an equal period of time during the previous week. See also Hurricane Arthur Other storms of the same name List of North Carolina hurricanes (1980–1999) List of Delaware hurricanes List of New Jersey hurricanes List of Maryland hurricanes List of New England hurricanes References External links Hurricane Bonnie Preliminary Report Tropical Summary Virginia power outages Satellite images of Bonnie 1998 Atlantic hurricane season Category 3 Atlantic hurricanes Hurricanes in North Carolina Hurricanes in Virginia 1998 natural disasters in the United States Hurricanes in South Carolina Hurricanes in Maryland Hurricanes in New England 1998 in North Carolina 1998 in Maryland 1998 in South Carolina