... to follow on from the "moon is looking odd" parts of this thread (and others) - try this:
vax.wcsu.edu... and scroll
down 2/3rds of the page to June 2004 -
"Moon at perigee: 357,247 km (221,983 miles) from Earth. LARGEST FULL MOON OF THE YEAR; expect high ocean tides." [not my emphasis].
Hmm, there's a clue there then: "largest full moon of the year", (although we are not talking about
monsterously large, it's just that
*bit* nearer).
[NB: that'll be high *normal* ocean tides though, not evidence of tsunami's (they'll come later, when those asteroids hit the ocean

].
...and,
I'll be honest - it's beginning to be a bit of a struggle keeping up with all the links (so I'm sorry if it's old news) - but this is a nice short
and relevant page of info on [C/2001 Q4 &] C/2002 T7 (which'll be visible about now):
stardate.org...
This astonomy malarkey is great fun !
[Edited on 31-5-2004 by 0951]