West Marin was inundated last weekend as floodwaters met with exceptionally high tides, producing the highest water levels seen in some areas since 1998. On Point Reyes, tides reached the third-highest level ever recorded. Storms coincided with king tides, which occur when gravitational forces of the sun, the moon and the earth line up in a cue shot of maximum power. Along much of the coast, water rose between 2 and 3 feet above normal…