Most of the destruction that day was caused by a 10-meter surge that overwhelmed coastal defenses from south of Fukushima to the northern tip of Honshu island.
In the first Wanamaker women's metric mile, the American Jennifer Simpson, the 2011 world champion at 1,500 meters, surged to the lead with three laps remaining, then rebuffed the challenge of her fellow American Shannon Rowbury entering the final lap.
Climatologist Michael E. Mann attributes at least one foot of the 13-foot (at least 0.3 of the 4-meter) storm surge in Lower Manhattan to global sea level rise.
McQuay, a 21-year-old who was runner-up in the United States collegiate championships 400 meters this year, surged past a fading Wariner in the final straight to win in 44.68 seconds.
Clark-Diggs, meanwhile, hung near the rear for 500 meters then surged to make her fourth Olympic team at age 37, dipping inside of Meredith Rainey-Valmon with her final stride.
In the middle of the pack until 1,300 meters, he surged through the final curve and emerged near the lead, holding on comfortably to finish second behind Asbel Kiprop, the 20-year-old Kenyan star, in 3 minutes 41.60 seconds.
Officials anticipate 100 mph (160 kph) winds and five- to seven-foot (1.5- to 2-meter) storm surges in coastal South Carolina, she said.
Even if the operating current is low and within the range of the meter fuse, the surge can be many times higher than the operating current, because the empty filter capacitors are almost like a short circuit.
There was a 5.1 meter (17 foot) storm surge and a 200 m (660 ft) incursion of seawater inland at Ras al-Hadd; other areas along the coast had similar levels.
The weary traveler dropped a quarter into the meter, and the mattress surged to life.
Satomi Matsuzaki, on bass, sings bright, poppy tunes full of nonsense syllables in a piping voice, only to stop suddenly and join Greg Saunier on drums and John Dieterich on guitar in a burly hard-rock riff, which sputters into stop-start drumming, which switches to odd-meter funk, which might surge back into a pop tune or come to a crashing halt.
