On Monday, I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Jeff Masters, chief meteorologist and co-founder of Weather Underground.

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"When you've got a planet that's nearest warmest levels on record, that doesn't mean every part of the world is going to be the warmest ever, " said Jeff Masters, director of meteorology for Weather Underground.

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Meteorologist Jeff Masters notes today that although the storm surge has pushed salt water from the Gulf as far as 314 miles upstream, all the rain expected to fall north of New Orleans in the coming days will help raise near record-low water levels on the river and flush the salt water back out.

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The Rolling Stone received perhaps the most sustained standing ovation of the night as he joined his old pal toward the end of Crossroads, a two-night concert festival at Madison Square Garden that brought together a dazzling array of guitar masters, from John Mayer to Jeff Beck to legends like Buddy Guy, and of course, Clapton and Richards.

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