Thanksgiving and Christmas could bring a travel nightmare around the Bay Area this year.
Government officials have hinted at it, and scientists are increasingly concerned. The problem is extremely high tides — potentially record-setting and thus higher than the disastrous early January tides this year.
Already, tides are considerably higher than normal around the Bay Area and California. There are several reasons for that: El Niño has heated up and expanded Pacific Ocean waters; the moon’s gravitational pull is near its 18.6-year peak; and global warming continues to melt ice sheets worldwide…