Jo's site and Snape's timeline in OOTP

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 119658


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "evita2fr" <Snarryfan at a...> wrote:
> 
> 
> JKR updated her site, the rumors section especially. She gave a hint 
> about the way the Order use to communicate:
> 
> "The Order communicates in a way that requires nothing but a wand. 
> You saw the Order's method of communication in use even before you 
> knew about the existence of the Order; it was employed  by an Order 
> member."
> 
> I think she means this moment in GOF, when DD send a silvery thing to 
> Hagrid, when Crouch Senior disappeared in the Forest.
> 
> So, if this birdie thing is what Snape used in OOTP, it weights in 
> why it takes so much time for Snape to warn Sirius and later DD and 
> the Order about Harry. 
> 
> It's not a instant message thing, it takes time, more if the receiver 
> is far away.


Carol notes:
More than the Rumours. There's great new information on Squibs and
Wands in the Extra Stuff section, some new FAQs, and a new FAQ poll.
(Please, everyone, vote for the Neville question!)

Carol, disappointed to find that Mrs. Figg did not see the Dementors
and probably will not be the person to perform magic at an advanced
age, but happily confirmed in her views on the significance of yew vs.
holly for the "brother wands" and the idea, which I once presented in
a post, that HRH's wands contain, respectively, Phoenix feather,
unicorn hair, and dragon's heart string, one for each of Ollivander's
"powerful magical substances"