Solomon's Private File #211
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 25 in this story, in the Spring of 2051.
Solomon's Private File #211 "Lima Rocks"
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I shifted to meet with the mayor of Lima Peru. I said, "You suspect
why I am here." She said, "We are not ready." I said, "All know you
will never be ready." She said, "This must be very important. You
haven't done this in person for some time. Bad?" I said, "In power, one
of the worst. In time, about a month. I have more ability in support of
predictions of some of the earthquakes." She said, "We have no place to
send our people to." I said, "Then we will change that. We will also
protect the Rimac river and highway, and the coast. What we can't do
with this kind of earthquake, is fully protect the land. Almost all
made by people will be destroyed, but not permanently. I know, it begs
questions. I will scan the entire area. After the quakes stop, I will
create everything anew, and modify it so that it fits the new land, and
then put it back into place. I may also modify the land to make that
work better." She said, "The tree at CNN." I said, "Something like
that, but much more involved. Your problem is convincing the people
that it can happen, and that they should leave. I can't do it as long
as one person would be directly harmed."
She said, "You will make temporary housing for them?" I said, "I
will, and that will create new problems. Some will prefer to stay in
them, than return to lesser homes. And some will be noisily
dissatisfied with the temporary homes, and everything else, and make
trouble for that. Some important people will loudly oppose anything,
just so they can stay important." She grinned and said, "You DO know us
well!" I said, "Your people are not so different in this. You do not
have enough police to keep the peace in the temporary places, and to
manage their er, placement. Would you accept help from the UN?" She
said, "Our President must decide that. May I ask him to come here?" I
said, "I will port him if requested." She called, and he asked to be
ported. I gave him a crystal of the meeting up to then. He said to me,
"These UN people, would they speak our language?" I said, "If they
don't now, the will when they need to." He said, "Then we will gladly
accept their help." I said, "And so have less blame for your people,
from your people." He grinned and said, "But I will not say that." I
said, "You know I work for what is best. I my offer is part of that."
He said, "Where will you build the new houses?" I showed him, and
said, "Such an isolated and far away area will er, help them to better
decide to return. And that I will remove it all when that happens, will
help in that, too. Those who resist leaving, will find themselves back
home when I want them to be, all in less than two weeks after the
earthquake." Grins. I said, "We will provide transportation both ways
if desired. For convenient management, there will be apartments, not
individual houses, and all the same, no matter the rank and riches of
the people, number of rooms dependent on the size of the families. The
people may be informed that their private complaints may be made very
public, after the fact. I didn't know you both could grin that widely."
Chuckles. I said, "Some of the replaced houses will be modified to
increase their safety, and all will be clean and well stocked with food
for when they return. Anything they have that is against the law will
be removed. Warn them about that, and watch them be very frustrated in
not being able to complain about that." More grins. I said, "There is
an issue. I will NOT transport personal weapons that do not belong to
the police or the military. Recreated houses will not have them. I just
can NOT make things that are used to kill people. Antique collectable
items are permissible."
I said, "Do I have authorization to build what I proposed?" He said,
"Environmental?" I said, "No impact. All isolated and self powered.
Fireproof, too." He said, "Yes! Absolutely!" I said, "Done. Would you
like to inspect?" They stared at me. I grinned. I said, "My monitor
said that was a little unfair of me to shock you that way." Pres said,
"I would agree. After you leave." I said, "Well done!" Chuckles. I
said, "We can port there now, after the Mayor makes a call." She did,
and I ported us to the new park that was between massive high rise
apartment buildings. Loud gulps. Pres said, "How many buildings?" I
said, "Nine hundred and three. Nine million people do take up some
space. Includes offices for government and UN people. Here is the main
admin center." We walked in, and they were very impressed. Then we
walked into one of the apartment buildings, they were astounded by the
lobby, and the internal full hight atrium. I said, "I modeled it after
hotels, which these actually are, in effect. I could make anything I
wanted, so why not make what I like?" One said, "Laundry?" I said, "In
each apartment. There is a gymnasium and a pool area for recreation in
each building, and some large media rooms. There are facilities for
pets to stay in, with individual cages. People often forget that
refugees are still people, with the same needs as all people have, to
be well adjusted to where they live even for a short time."
I said, "My people will monitor as much as they can, but your police
need to be doing that, too. And the UN will help, well, after I tell
them." Chuckles. I said, "But they won't be as many as needed. A lot of
them are still in Korea." Pres said, "Valuable work, that. We can't
complain at all." I said, "People will be able to cook their own meals,
but there are many restaurants, and they will be free of charge, paid
for by the UN. Up to you how they are staffed. Many chefs will NEED
something to do while they are not in their own establishments in Lima.
They will be paid for their work." They looked at me, and the Mayor
said, "This is more than I thought possible. You have thought of so
much!" Pres nodded and said, "Amazing! I don't mean the constructions,
but the thought that went into them." I grinned and looked around, and
they laughed. He said, "I have to mean this, too. A fantastic resort in
the high desert." We went up to one of the apartments. They loved it.
I said, "Here are some files that will be useful, and crystals of
this meeting. May I use this to er, help the UN to come here?" Grins.
Pres said, "Please." I said, "Let's go back to the Admin center." I
ported them there. I said, "Above us are apartments for those
government people who would be working here. I don't want them to have
to commute, or citizens to have access to their homes. One of my group
will be the official assistant here, providing individual porting and
other support services." He said, "May we know who it will be?" I said,
"Many have volunteered, but the mission coordinator hasn't chosen, and
whoever it will be, hasn't chosen the name and appearance to use." She
said, "You are not the coordinator?" I said, "We have people who
specialize in that. I define the mission, and work out the technical
details, including psychological issues, and the coordinator assigns
specific tasks to different people, usually those who can be spared
from other missions, and in accordance with their desires. I see your
question. We do not so much as command our people, but let them
volunteer in a coordinated way. We need to keep busy, so it's not a
chore, but a favor to be involved in something like this. We LIVE to
help others." They looked at me in new appraisal. Pres said, "You are
all holy people." I said, "Actually, yes."
I said, "Back to Lima." We were. I said, "You need to er, massage the
press. Speech writers are going to get a workout, for sure. We have a
month, but not a precise date yet. The closer we come to the event, the
more accurately we can predict it. One more thing. UN wears blue, or
uses blue armbands. My people will use green, so they can be identified
when necessary." Pres said, "What if some might copy that?" I said,
"Our armbands will glow in a way they can't copy." He said, "We will
inform the public of that." I said, "Our mission coordinator likes the
idea. We might use it again in the future. I should leave you to your
work. You know how to contact our MC. Same way you do for me, but ask
for the Lima MC. I will only be available for problems only my public
er, authority can resolve." They nodded in understanding.
I shifted to meet with the SecGen of the UN. I gave her a crystal of
the meeting. She said, "Yes! We'll do it. We've got your language
crystals, but we should have more in Spanish, for efficiency." I ported
in a large box. I said, "Replacements. Also contain outlines of Spanish
speaking countries and their cultures." She said, "Very good! Thank
you. We will let your MC know when to start transporting our people."
We hugged with love.
George said, "I liked what you said about us. We all did. Armbands.
Give." I pushed the info. He said with a grin, "They sure can't copy
that! I'm thinking of Elise as liaison." I said, "If she wants, I can't
object." She ported in and said, "Want!" I said, "Your real name is
already public, from the Posintan mission." She said, "Good. Gain me
some cred. I'll use it, but look a little different." I said, "I know
you'll do well." We all hugged and kissed each other with love. I said,
looking at her, "And with style." Big grins.
There was a big uproar in Peru when it hit the news. There were a lot
of loud confused voices. I met with the mayor again. I said, "Your
criminals and NOT enjoying this. Some are planning to leave the city to
live somewhere else for a while." She said, "Do you know who they are?"
I gave her some files. I said, "Organized by case number and crimes,
and what the police know about them already. Includes some police, too.
If you want, I can help you to physically identify the murderers." She
said, "How would you do that?" I said, "What I did in Sao Paolo. Case
numbers on their foreheads, not removable, and if they try to hide
that, constant foot taping." She grinned and said, "Please do it." I
said, "And time dive video of their crimes. Done. If any are
transported to the new place, they will be transported directly to
prison after the quake, if you wish." She said, "I do wish!" I said,
"Our on site manager, Elise, well, in grins, she's a little better than
you. Oh, want to meet her? Oh, I know. Stupid question." She ported in,
and they hugged and kissed. I said, "Have fun, you two." I shifted out.
I emptied the big old mine containment pond, so it wouldn't
contaminate the Rimac river if it ruptured. I repaired all major roads.
I repaired a lot of vehicles, which people didn't much notice. I
repaired the city services, and improved them where it could be done
without much notice. I psionically tagged all animals that were larger
than rats and mice that weren't pets or lab inhabitants, so they could
be moved out of danger, and then back to where they were, and gave that
info to George, who assigned that task. Moving the people, even with
porting, was slow work. There were a lot of complaints, and not a
little outright panic. We had to break up a lot of fights with the
sleep method. Some found that a little amusing. After two weeks, most
of the population had moved. The UN people were very helpful in
managing the refuge site. Some of that was appreciated by the general
population. Then I announced the date and time of the expected quake,
and the location of it offshore, and the intensity, which was 9.3.
Naturally, that caused more panic, making more work. Almost all were
gone the day before the quake. Some had stayed to loot the abandoned
houses and businesses. What they did was recorded, and then repaired.
They were sent directly to the refuge prison, where all the Lima
prisoners were located. The few holdouts in the general population were
then ported to the refuge, where they loudly complained, which didn't
make any difference.
I scanned the area after there were no people there. I took pests out
of the scan, along with illegal items and firearms. I added some things
to the scan, such as food and personal items, and improved furniture
and utilities. I set up 4th protection for what was necessary in the
area, including against tsunamis. Mom would handle the ships. Then the
quake hit as expected. There was almost total destruction in Lima, but
the port of Callao was saved from the tsunami and earthquake damage. I
announced in the refuge that there would be two aftershocks in the next
few days. After that happened, I rebuilt some of the land, and the
utilities there, too, removing all the structures. Then I reinforced it
all, and then modified the scanned buildings and structures to make
them much stronger and to fit the improved land. Then I built them in
place, and checked to see if it all was stable and working.
Then I announced in the Refuge, "All is now repaired, and is much
like it was before the earthquake. If any of the returnees make false
claims of damage or theft of things that were not against the law, or
were weapons, which they were warned about, they may be treated as
criminals and prosecuted. Those people who return before others, and
try to commit any crime against the property of another person or the
city, WILL be seen to do that, and will suffer the consequences. Those
people who operate the necessary city services, such as for power and
water, will be returned first, and will be working before others
return. Any unfounded or false complaints may be made fully public, so
that others may know who did that. Well, I DO know how well
embarrassment can affect people. Listen to those who are working for
you in this, and obey their directions. Then you will all be able to
return to as you were, as well as possible. May God be with you,
always."
We sent people back in large groups, city workers, first. Even after
the announcement, there was a lot of attempted looting. I had to add to
some jails and prisons to house the perps. As usual, some refused to
believe there had been a quake. Then the videos of what happened were
shown on TV. Strangely, the loud wows were actually heard throughout
the city then, above the noise of the traffic. Then some of the
differences were noticed, from what had been there before. Almost all
came to believe the quake had actually happened, and were very thankful
for my help, and that of my group. Well, they said that a lot. They
wanted to give us honors in person, but we declined to be embarrassed.
There was some of their own amusement in their frustration, over that.
CNN asked us for a show about it. Hawk told them there was nothing
about it that we wanted to discuss. They really wanted to know about
the different way we had handled it, and if that would continue in the
future. Hawk told them that each situation was different, and would be
treated that way. Naturally they weren't satisfied. We didn't feel too
badly about it.
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