Owls to hidden places/people

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 111460

Marianne:
> Yes, that is one of those things that irks me.  It says, in 
essence, 
> that Voldemort can't be found because he can make himself 
> untraceable.  So, he's safe anywhere at anytime unless perhaps in 
a 
> moment of carelessness a bunch of Aurors happens to stumble across 
> him sitting on a park bench.  And, according to JKR's explanation, 
> Fugitive!Sirius also could not be found by the simple method of 
> sending him an owl because he, too could make himself 
untraceable.  
> But, in OoP, Sirius must remain hidden at 12 Grimmauld Place in 
> perpetuity because to simply set foot outside could lead to his 
> discovery and capture or death.  Wouldn't the same scenario 
apply?  
> Could he not make himself untraceable, and thus, unless someone 
> stumbled across him, could he not also do the same thing as 
> Voldemort - move about when necessary and hide in any one of a 
> million places?
> 

SSSusan:

I think it's an issue of untraceable vs. unseeable.  Being 
untraceable likely does not make the person unseeable.  Sirius 
*could* have made himself untraceable and hung out wherever he 
wanted, but I believe he wanted to be near the others in the Order.

Siriusly Snapey Susan