 What is Grannie Annie referring to when she says "the I.P men aren't strong enough?"
Her annual income totaled into six figures, and her publishers sat back and massaged their digits, watching their earnings mount. Grannie Annie came out from behind the box office then. "When any form of life is exposed to these Gamma rays from the Green Flame rock, they produce in the creature's brain a certain lassitude and lack of energy. As the period of exposure increases, this condition develops into a sense of impotence and a desire for leadership or guidance. Occasionally, as with the weak-willed, there is a spirit of intolerance. The Green Flames might be said to be an inorganic opiate, a thousand times more subtle and more powerful than any known drug."
 She knows that as the politcal climate worsens, the I.P won't be able to keep up with the chaos.
 She doesn't feel that the I.P men are serving well enough.  Just that - that the local law enforcement should be stronger.  She knows that as the politcal climate worsens, the I.P won't be able to keep up with the chaos.  The I.P men weren't quick enough to protect Billy and her from the attack.