Barack Obama has promised to lower the oceans whether they like it or not. Perhaps the oceans are merely trying to pad their advantage a bit so the retreat isn’t so painful? From the Barack Boston Globe:

Massive waves a mystery at Maine harbor
Dockworker Marcy Ingall saw a giant wave in the distance last Tuesday afternoon and stopped in her tracks. It was an hour before low tide in Maine’s Boothbay Harbor, yet without warning, the muddy harbor floor suddenly filled with rushing, swirling water.
In 15 minutes, the water rose 12 feet, then receded. And then it happened again. It occurred three times, she said, each time ripping apart docks and splitting wooden pilings.
“It was bizarre,” said Ingall, a lifelong resident of the area. “Everybody was like, ‘Oh my God, is this the end?’ ” It was not the apocalypse, but it was a rare phenomenon, one that has baffled researchers. The National Weather Service said ocean levels rapidly rose in Boothbay, Southport, and Bristol in a matter of minutes around 3 p.m. on Oct. 28 to the surprise of ocean watchers. Exactly what caused the rogue waves remains unknown.
“The cause of it is a mystery,” said National Weather Service meteorologist John Jensenius, who first reported the waves from a field office in Gray, Maine. “But it’s not mysterious that it happened.”