Anarchism

Why should it be so unbelievable..if you tili the planet an extra 10 degrees all at once...then the water, that is 'pulled' to the sideswith the centrifugal force, and being contolled by the moon also will to all intents and purpose stay where it is. the water doesn't have to rise at all...you just move the earth.
An equivalent model? An orange travelling around in a orbit with a 20ft diameter at a thousand miles an hour, and whilst doing that it spins on it's own axis(ie by itself) at ( I cant remember this one)...I would have thought maybe 500 miles an hour.

All this is affected by gyroscopic action, a tiny fluctuation could make huge diffences to the skin of the orange (remember the earths crust is very very thin).

I know exactly what you mean - I once hit an orange with a cricket bat, and any sentient civilisations that were living on the skin are probably writing epic poetry about it to this day.