Floo Regulation Commitee

[Zarleycat at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24652

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., jessewilliams44 at y... wrote:
> In COS when Harry and the Weasly's traveled by floo powder to 
Diagon 
> alley everyone took a pinch of floo powder.  In GOF when the 
Weasleys 
> came to  Harry up Mr Weasley threw one pinch into the fire and they 
> all travelled by it.  My question to the group is what was the 
> difference between the travels in COS and GOF wouldn't it have been 
> more economical if nothing else for the Weasleys to have only used 
> one pinch instead of one for each person.  We know that it was not 
a 
> time constraint issue because Harry and Mr.Weasley lurked for a few 
> minutes it seems to me.  Watching Dudley's tongue grow, and waiting 
> for the Dursley's to say goodbye to Harry.

I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that the Dursleys 
fireplace is not part of the Floo Network.  Arthur says something 
about connecting this fireplace up temporarily for the trip to get 
Harry.  IIRC, Arthur says or implies that someone in the MoM did this 
as a favor to him.  So, since it's not a typical magical fireplace in 
a wizard house, maybe the amount of Floo Powder needed is different.  
Or maybe the book's editor was asleep at the switch...

Marianne