Thisprocedureappliesonly to regular semidiurnal tidal watersforecasts and cannotaccuratelypredictfull-tidewaters (such as the North Bay) andirregular diurnal tidal waters.
"With all my heart, I urge you to pull up an anchor and make full sail before we lose the tide and are left stranded on the beach, exposed to the coming storms."
VOA: standard.2009.09.28
Others were simply overwhelmed by the amount of water pushed ashore by the giant storm, which hit at high tide during a full moon.