A five century storm hits Seattle. Inspector Strong and Ted can't help but go fishing go fishing. The fishing will be the best in 75 years. The storm floods the south end of Seattle with feet of water. Jones is out driving a 'duck' rescuing people for days. The police station is leaking like a sieve.Rage picks up two floating bodies because her jeep can almost swim. The victim's driver's license says he is David Smith. Running his license number, it turns out to be Detective's Smith...

Why protect an old roster, hen, and chicks. The protection is complete, 24 hours a day. Why call the assignment 'close encounters of the 4th type?' The army has the job to hide and protect the design team and are issued a nuclear weapon to protect them, if necessary.The President of the USA has a secret he can't tell anyone. A committee of 10 is formed and almost every member has a different part of the secret. It is good they never talk with each other and compare secrets.On...

Galileo is credited with the first telescope, but there were many people involved before him. However, he made it into a science.Metal mirrors were first used to reflect the star light. They worked but had problems. When glass could be formed into mirrors and then silvered to reflect the star light, astronomy became a true science. In England in the 1850-90 a small university had the money and telescope to do leading edge astronomy. Unfortunately, over time the money ran out and oth...

Detective Rage and Sergeant Jones after their shooting date, skip the watering hole and go rock climbing. First they need to stop at Rage's home for their gear, and she is driving. They find a delivery truck in her driveway, but she is not expecting anything.Will they get out of her house before the package blows? They take her to the hospital after the explosion and she is wondering about watching submarine races as Jones drives her to Yakima for safety.Why is the Navy so up...

A red planet was added between the second and third of a small system. The addition destroyed most of the people on the second planet. A family survived in the North valley. The weather became colder. The father moves his sons and their families now or perish. Crossing the mountains, they find warmth and good soil. Six generations return to the soil and their valley is full.They search their ancient father's records. They find a plan to expand and grow from where they currently are....

Miss GB graduates and takes a job at a federal think tank. Computers run the complex and follows everyone every minute they are on site.A satellite has a problem, and it ends up on Miss GB's desk.In the smoky mountains a young lad is about to receive his first gun, passage to manhood. Granny is nearing 100 years and readies herself for a time of conjuring. When conjuring, every living thing stays away from Granny and her conjuring shed. It has been passed down mother to daugh...

A large corporation just bought the News-One paper and all its TV and radio stations. He has the reputation of turning a profit by cutting to the bone. The owner in his first meeting sets aside the top ten senior people and the foxy TV anchor.It will be a complete make over. He cancelled their most profitable clothing ad because it is offensive. He is running a score card on the weather and sports people. Miss the forecasts by too far and you will go home for a day with no pay.

The national weather bureau sees a quick flash on a weather screen. Weeks later they see another one in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. The Navy is interested but can not track it, even when they can see it. The Navy brings together many civilians to help them. What they stumble upon is a huge solar flare about to happen.Everyone's attention is now on the flare and they forget the flash. The flare will destroy most satellites and last for days or weeks. The President nationalizes most indus...

The 'Madam's' Satellite control center in her Seattle penthouse has found a delivery of drugs being made on the coast of Mexico. Her personal assistant Solviegn is following the delivery. The DEA satellite has a hole in its surveillance, and the hole is being used to make the delivery.The Madam will do all she can to interfere with the delivery but also inflict as much as damage as possible to the drug ring. She brings in her two other-girl office assistants to prepare the evidence ...

Jones' truck is on its last leg. He calls Rage to see if she will help him decide if he can repair the engine. They move the truck to Rage's garage. A few hours later and they see the engine needs to be replaced.Rage comes up with a parts list they will need for the rebuild. They drop the list off at a parts store and travel to an engine rebuild shop to get their price to drop in a different engine. Later, they return to the parts store for their quote.In the parts store they...

Inspector Strong receives an invite to a DC conference from the FBI. He has FBI security from home, to the airport, to the hotel and in the hotel. He meets with the National FBI Director Shnell with few people knowing it.The Director says, "Inspector, I have had two agents killed in the same way in two different cities. Can you help me?"HLS security is running the conference and wonders why the Inspector is not attending some sessions?The HLS running the conference did...

A VIP is coming to town. Rage must guard a back wall and Jones is guarding three garbage cans on 12-hour shifts for the FBI.They eat at a place they would never go to. A car load of hold-up men hit the café. Rage gets three in the café and Jones is almost shot in the outside kitchen doorway. Their car is damaged, and they fight to the end.The FBI and Inspector Strong feel the attack on them was of their VIP guarding. The FBI in DC bring them in to review all FBI security for ...