floo travel, fireplace communication, secret tunnels

[siriuskase]

No: HPFGUIDX 41314

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bboy_mn" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at a...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "N Fry" <nmfry at h...> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > 
> kiricat2001/Zarleycat Replied:
> > Yes, one wonders.  Perhaps there is a school rule - 
> > "Except in dire emergencies, parents will communicate 
> > with their children via owl post."  
> > 

> It would also seem very reasonable that since they have taken so
many
> precautions to safeguard access to Hogwarts, they would have covered
> the Floo Travel Network. 
> 
> BBOY_MN

And that, my friends is the best explanation I've seen yet.  The only
reason Sirius and Harry were able to talk that night is that
Dumbledore removed that safeguard for only those few hours.  It was
Dumbledore who set the time and place of the fireplace chat.  Sirius
may have requested that time and place but only Dumbledore has the
power to temporarily remove the ban on fireplace magic.  Could be that
only common rooms are banned since teachers can be trusted.  I suspect
that there is a floo intranet connecting the teachers offices.

Sirius Kase