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Carol wrote: 
> But the carefully planned (IMO) first chapter of SS/PS is different.
> Notice that she has McGonagall spend a whole day at the Dursleys,
> watching them until Dumbledore arrives late that night. She also
> depicts Vernon Dursley's day, making it clear that "shooting stars"
> were seen all over Britain the previous night and that the wizards 
in
> the street are celebrtaing that day (November 1), even allowing
> themselves to be seen by Muggles. So the announcement that Voldemort
> was dead or defeated, thwarted by a baby (toddler), had already been
> made about twenty-four hours before Hagrid arrives with baby Harry. 
I
> don't see how JKR could be *that* bad at math.
> 
> She knows what she's doing in this instance, I'm certain. Too bad we
> don't!

Potioncat:
I haven't been able to join in with this thread, and I hope it's not 
too late. Since I've nothing new to say, I've come up with something 
old. 

Here's a post SSSusan wrote a while back to try to explain the 
missing 24 hours. I've snipped a potion of the T-Bay style post, to 
get to the gist of her idea. It was written before HBP. And if 
anything, I think HBP may strengthen it. 

Here it is for your pleasure. (Where the heck is SSSusan, anyway?)

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/128717



"You mean... the missing 24 hours?"

"Yup," grins SSSusan. "Dumbledore, mightily relieved that Harry had
survived the attack, decided to do anything & everything he could to
FURTHER protect Harry, because he believed Voldemort to not truly be
dead. He had Hagrid pick up Harry from the wreckage and take him to
Snape, who applied the ointment. The ointment needed several hours
to sink into the blood stream and to become activated there. Once
that had happened, Hagrid flew with baby Harry to meet DD at the
Dursleys."

"Hmmmm," Jen responds. "It's interesting, anyway."

"AND it explains so much!" says SSSusan. "Why Hagrid defends Snape
to the Trio all the time. Why DD trusts Snape. What the missing 24
hours was about. Maybe why Snape is so hateful to Harry. Harry,
after all, has NO IDEA what Snape's already done for him, and Snape
receives no credit for his efforts. It *might* even explain why
Harry was able to hold out against Voldy in the graveyard, mightn't
it? The extra protection? Harry's dragon-like ability to hold out
against powerful spells? I tell you, DRIBBLE: SHADOWS suits me just
fine."

The two friends sip their margaritas in silence, contemplating the
possibilities.

Siriusly Snapey Susan,
with gratitude to Grannybat for her DRIBBLE TBAY in 83354



Potioncat, hoping this has been helpful, or at least, entertaining.