24 hours - again

[Christy]

No: HPFGUIDX 103085

Well, I'm going to throw a few thoughts in here. It may help, it may 
not, but the post is very interesting.

Kneasy:
   An aside - if, as we are informed in OoP there are so few of the 
WW in 
> the neighbourhood of Privet Drive, why did Vernon see so many that 
> morning?
> OoP chap. 8:
> "We have no record of any witch or wizard living in Little Whinging 
> besides Harry Potter...That situation has always been closely 
> monitored, given...given past events."

Christy:
Intersting question. Although this may just be the massive amount of 
communication that was going on. The owls may have simply been flying 
through. Wizards tend to be quite scattered out it seems and 
communication by owl is one of the faster methods. This leads me to a 
different question however. Why owls? There are faster ways to 
communicate... fire(floo network), for example or portraits. Why use 
owls?

Kneasy:
> No, I tend towards the 'Third Party' scenario, that there was 
somebody 
> else at GH. The favourites seem to be Peter, Lupin or Snape, with 
Sirius or 
> the Longbottoms as outside chances.

Christy:
Well, Sirius should be out, if you believe his version of events. He 
didn't get there until afterwards. But the DE's would know something 
of the plan perhaps. Maybe Peter was there. Wouldn't Voldemort have 
needed him to find the house? But I doubt that Peter was responsible 
for spreading the news so fast. Is it possible that before Sirius 
left for GH he told DD something was wrong?

Kneasy:
> Conversely Minerva, on her own initiative, arrives at Privet Drive  
> early in the morning and waits for something to happen. (skip a 
bit) Apparently not, Hagrid told her that DD would be there 

Christy:
Assuming Minerva was a key member of the Order then, why she's 
clueless is a good question. Assuming she knew the Potter's went into 
hiding maybe she went to the one place she expected DD to go, if the 
rumors were as bad as she'd heard (this leads me to a different 
point). Or maybe it was a prearranged plan (for both the Potters and 
the Longbottoms).

Kneasy:
I sniff forward planning here. That  he knew 
> (or suspected) what might happen to the Potters in advance and made 
> plans accordingly.

Christy:
I agree. DD made advance plans. He may have made them simply as a 
safety net however. I mean, if you're worried about these people 
being killed, it makes sense. It also, however, lends some credence 
to the idea that whatever charm saved Harry was performed ahead of 
time and not in that instant before hand.

Kneasy:
> So where was DD all day and what was he doing?
> Secondly he knows much more about what happened at GH than he lets 
on. 
> No questions for Hagrid, except "No problems, were there?" He seems 
> remarkably sanguine about the deaths of James and Lily , too. No  
> questions about  them either. Hardly any reaction at all, "I 
know...I 
> know.." being his only epitaph for fellow members of the Order. And 
no 
> questions about Voldy. None.

Christy:
Or perhaps, DD had a spy who let him know that things were amiss. 
After Voldemort left, maybe the DE's leaked the plan (those who MAY 
have known) and it got to DD's spy (Snape?).

Well that's a bit to think on, isn't it?
Christy