July 3rd, 2008 11:27 AM Eastern
Big Bertha!
by Janice Dean
We have our second tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic Season in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean, about 190 south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Bertha will continue a northwesterly track through the open Atlantic. Maximum sustained winds are near 40mph and intensification is possibke to near hurricane strength in the next 72-120 hours.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/031454.shtml
Maybe this year we will have a hurricane named after you Janice
For youe weather expertise 
They had hurricane Dean last year. I think that’s good enough for me for now!
Sorry Brad. No Janice until at least 2014. I’m not sure that is the kind of honor you really want. I get mine in 2011. I’m aiming it for the Kennedy compound in Massachusetts!
(haha)
I hope everyone has a happy fourth of July and give a little moment to think of those who are away from home serving the country!
And having gone thru a couple of open ocean Hurricanes and Typhoons over the years, I hope everyone gets out of the way of this one. They can really smash up ships (even aircraft carrioers) and the waves can bend steeel rails.
Don-
I just searched google and there was a hurricane in the Atlantic named Janice, back in 1958. It had a wind speed of 80 mph, and was a Category 1.
Hope it didn’t hurt anyone!!
I wonder if there was ever a Hurricane Brad? Maybe someone can find it out for me?
It explains here how much damage Hurricane Janice did in 1958:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Atlantic_hurricane_season