And you know the limits of your understanding and don't pretend to know more ...
Two tides ...
The lunar tide is over dominate, the solar tide just amplifies or interferes with the lunar tide ... at New and Full Moon; the Sun, Moon and Earth are lined up, the tides add together and we have "spring tides" ... First and Last Quarter the tides fight against each other and we see smaller change, the "neap tides" ...
If spring tide occurs near the Moon's closest approach to Earth ... perigee is when gravity is the strongest ... then we have what main stream media calls a Ridiculous Tides ... then add Earth's closest approach to the Sun ... perihelion around Jan 3rd every year ... then we have Ludicrous Tides ...
Seriously ... this happened ... or a very close approximation ... first week of January, 2017, Ludicrous Tides ... I had to go looking for any reports of coastal flooding ... highest tides allowed by astronomy and no one noticed ...