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Bedroom, 9:30 p.m.: spot checks in the 50 range
Spot check of front of Honeywell Hepa air filter, around 150 cpm, with spikes up to 250
Removed air filter, rechecked bedroom, spot checks of 40ish

1-7-12
Exterior, 10:30 p.m.: 42

1-9-12
Exterior, 8:45 p.m.: 47

2012/01/15 at 5:54 pm
Cloudy, stormy looking day in Ventura, CA.
A few spits of rain, heavy cover.
Exterior: 48 cpm (normal)

2012/01/19 at 1:41 pm
All 10 minute averages:

Backgrounds: 46, 47, 48 (tested over 3 consecutive days)

2012/01/20 at 10:28 pm
A light rain is falling in Ventura, CA.
My Inspector Alert is calling it at 62 cpm.

2012/01/20 at 11:42 pm
One hour later my rain sample went down from 62 to 59.

2012/01/23 at 3:02 pm
2 p.m. rain in Ventura, CA: 56 cpm (10 min avg. with a paper towel collection).
Background is about 47-48.

2012/01/26 at 3:36 pm
Pool water from a public pool in Thousand Oaks, CA: 40 (10 min avg)
Spot check of vacuum cleaner-collected dust in Ventura, CA: 40ish

2012/02/07 at 9:00 pm
Rain in Ventura, CA: 53.4 cpm
I let a paper towel get soaked, brought it in and did a 10 min. average. Background is normally 47-48, fyi.

2012/02/11 at 1:56 pm
Ventura, CA exterior 10 min. average: 44

2012/02/24 at 8:23 am
Foggy, misty morning in Ventura, CA. 10 min avg. 47.9 cpm

2012/02/26 at 11:48 am
11:45, exterior 10 min. average: 48 cpm
Back down to “normal”.

2012/02/29 at 5:11 pm
Ventura, CA: a windy, clear day.
10 min. background: 43
long spot check of vacuum dust: high 40s

2012/03/05 at 2:03 pm
10 minute averages for Ventura, CA:

March 4
exterior, sunny, 10 a.m.: 51.5
interior, 10:30 46.9
exterior, 4 p.m.: 51.4

March 5
Interior, in an open window: 47.8

2012/03/08 at 5:44 pm
interior background: 43.8

2012/03/09 at 3:52 pm
10 min. average in Oak View, CA, about 10 minutes inland:
47.4

interior of friend’s house: 50.1
roasted seaweed snack from Korea: 66.1

2012/03/09 at 3:59 pm
10 minute averages from Oak View, CA, about 10 min. inland:
exterior: 47.4
interior: 50.1

2012/03/10 at 2:39 pm
10 minute averages in Ventura, CA:

interior: 46.5
small sample of sea water from Marina Park, a local beach: 45.6
exterior: 48.5

2012/03/11 at 2:08 pm
interior background: 44.7

2012/03/13 at 6:08 pm
exterior 10 min. average in Ventura, CA: 51.5

2012/03/15 at 4:15 pm
Ventura, CA 10 min exterior average: 42.1

2012/03/17 at 6:19 pm
6 p.m.– rain and HAIL in Ventura!!
10 min. average came in at 43.8, so actually even a titch lower than background, same as this morning.

2012/03/25 at 9:49 am
Rain in Ventura, CA.
Collected in a cup, tested inside, 10 min. average
44.3 cpm

2012/03/30 at 5:34 pm
Ventura, CA exterior, 10 min average, 43 cpm

2012/03/31 at 9:24 am
Light rain falling in Ventura, CA is HOT.

Backgrounds are consistently around 45 in my house.
10 minute average from a paper towel swipe yields a reading of 69.8. [1.55 times background]

Stay out of the rain today!

2012/03/31 at 6:56 pm
More rain in Ventura, CA, thankfully back down to background.
10 minute average was 47.2

2012/04/02 at 4:31 pm
Exterior in MOORPARK, CA, about half an hour closer to Santa Susana than my house, 10 minute average: 40.7

soil sample from popular pick-your-own family farm in Moorpark: 62.7

exterior in Ventura, CA: 46.7

soil sample from my back yard in Ventura: 60.1

2012/04/10 at 10:11 pm
Rain in Ventura, CA at 10 p.m. on Tuesday night measures 48.4 in a 10 minute test. My background yesterday outside was 49, so rain is at background.

2012/04/12 at 10:16 pm
Light rain falling off and on in Ventura, CA.
10 minute test came up with a cpm of 45.9, which is background.

2012/04/13 at 9:08 am
Rain caught in a cup from a Ventura downpour measures at 50 cpm. Just a titch above normal background, but still within 15%.

2012/04/17 at 9:25 am
Inspector on the go… 10 minute exterior averages around socal.

Thousand Oaks, April 15th: 39.1
LA (at La Brea Tar Pits), April 16th: 38.8
Ventura, April 17th: 48.8

2012/04/21 at 7:48 pm
Was worried about the heavy mist “June Gloom” weather that has descended on my neighborhood in Ventura, CA, and is unlikely to leave until late summer. Was happily surprised that tonight’s 10 minute average was 46.7 CPM, or background.

2012/04/23 at 9:56 am
Heavy mist/ light rain in Ventura: 50.1

2012/04/25 at 9:48 pm
Rain in Ventura, CA, tested inside in a cup for 10 minutes:
51.9

2012/04/26 at 9:35 am
Light rain in Ventura. Collected just a bit on a damp paper towel, came in at 43.4.

2012/04/29 at 9:57 am
10 min. exterior in Ventura, CA is 49.9
Inching up…

2012/05/06 at 1:51 pm
Ventura, CA, 10 minute exterior: 46.8
kelp, collected off a beach in Montecito, tested indoors at home: 53.6

2012/05/08 at 5:08 pm
Ventura 10 minute exterior: 46.2

2012/05/14 at 8:56 am
Santa Paula, CA, in Ventura County, 10 min exterior average: 49.4

creek water from Santa Paula, tested in a cup at my house: 43.7

2012/05/15 at 6:39 pm
Background in my house, Ventura, 10 min. average: 43.3

2012/05/22 at 4:37 pm
5-19-12 Thousand Oaks exterior 10 min: 38.5

5-22-12 Ventura exterior 10 min: 52.1
exterior retest 2 hours later: 45.4

2012/05/30 at 6:53 pm
Did some traveling the past few days and took the Inspector. These are all 10 minute averages.

May 27, Idyllwild, CA: 59.4 (5200 ft elevation)
May 28, Hemet, CA: 46.1
May 29, Riverside, CA: 60.1 (didn’t see that one coming?)
May 29, Riverside retest: 50.4 (about 20 ft. from first location)
May 30, Disneyland: 34.4
May 30, Ventura, CA 48.3

The moral of this story: move to Disneyland!!

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