Hurricane Bertha (2008) New Jersey. Three rip currents also caused 55 injuries throughout beaches in Delaware. The injuries ranged from minor scrapes to broken bones. Four people were also injured in North Carolina, one of which nearly drowned as he had aspirated water shortly before a lifeguard rescued him. At least 60 people had to be rescued from the rough seas over a two-day span. Lasting 17 days, Hurricane Bertha holds the records for the longest-lived July Atlantic tropical cyclone on record. It also set the record for the easternmost-forming tropical storm during the month, at 24.7°W. Hurricane Bertha (2008) Hurricane Bertha was
Bertha Zück Bertha Zück Bertha ("Anna Barbara") Zück, also called "Babette" (2 February 1797 – 20 February 1868 at Stockholm Palace), was the German favourite, Lady's maid and treasurer of Queen Josephine of Sweden. Bertha Zück arrived to Sweden from Bavaria in the entourage of Josephine of Leuchtenberg at her wedding with the Crown Prince of Sweden in 1823. Josephine became Queen in 1844. Zück was, alongside Josephine’s Catholic confessor, Lorentz Studach (d. 1873), Josephine's most intimate friend and favourite: Zück, Studach and Josephine was so close that they were referred to at the royal court as ”The Trio”. Originally employed as