Atom Bomb

[severusbook4]

No: HPFGUIDX 76941

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, B Arrowsmith   > 
> 
> Yes, I agree  that in the Potterverse muggle physical theories 
have 
> been superceded by an alternative science.
> However, even if us muggles are living in a state of sublime 
ignorance, 
> 'real effects' remain. For example, even though the medieval 
theory of 
> Phlogiston has been overtaken, it doesn't  mean that wood doesn't 
burn 
> and granite does.
> 
> In the WW, for their 'science'  to have effect, defined objects or 
> persons are deliberately targeted to achieve the desired result. 
If  
> not so targeted, the object remains  subject to muggle scientific 
> theory. So the broom flies, but anything it carries, ie, person, 
trunk, 
> cannot do so independently without further intervention. A 
hedgehog is 
> transfigured, but not the surface it rests on. So, unless a bomb 
is 
> specifically targeted by suitable spells, its muggle properties 
remain.
> 
> Muggle repelling spells are different, I think. They work on the 
mind, 
> not  on a tangible object; also they don't seem to have a great 
range, 
> just enough to discourage passers-by from intruding.
> 
> Now, back to the bang.
> If a plane is at 30,000 ft, impact would occur 43seconds after 
bomb 
> release. If the jet is traveling at 600 mph, the point of release 
would 
> be about 7.5 miles away, probably well outside the spell effect 
area.
> 
> Finding the Stadium might be a problem; have to think about that 
one. 
> Hogwarts is easy. Observe the railway line until it vanishes.
> 
> Lovely puzzles!
> 
> Kneasy
> 

Kneasy, I don't recall exactly if the stadium was 3-d on the 
exterior?  What I am saying is like the tents most of the wizarding 
families used, and like the trunk of Moody's.  Did they just walk 
through some sort of gate and find them selves in a stadium that you 
could not see from the outside?  Spacial displacement again, I know 
but it is used through out the last couple of books.  First the Ford 
of Arthur's, then the neccessary room, and finally Moody's trunk.  
If the stadium was created in this state, would the resulting blast 
from a bomb breach the barrier?  Don't know, and I think I am 
spending way too much on this subject.

Severus "my head hurts now" Snape 
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