Questions about Apparition (Was: Why Sirius did not apparate into GH?)

[Raechel]

No: HPFGUIDX 164297

Carol:
So, do plot needs override consistency and logic not only for young
Sirius Black and his flying motorcycle but for Apparition in general,
or am I the only one who's confused?
===============================
Jeremiah:
Now, this is in reference to the "Under-Age" decree. This leads me to
assume that the MoM is not totally capable of knowing everything at
anytime.  As far as apiration is concerned, I don't think that there
are a lot of Wizards/Witches that can decipher magic that has been
performed in the manner that DD did then he went Horcrux Hunting with
Harry in the cave. So, keeping that in mind, I have always assumed
that when magic is performed (in this case, Aparation) the MoM might
know that magic has happened but they wouldn't know who did it. So,
tracking every single movement and monitoring every occurance ot magic
becomes tedious and a waste of time. 



Raechel responds:

However, there is one thing that I find most interesting about
Apparition and the ability to track it.  In HBP chapter entitled "An
Excess of Phlemgm" Mrs. Weasley's famed clock is able to tell her when
any of her family members are travelling.  She looks at the clock and
tells Harry that Mr. Weasley is on his way home because his "hand" on
the clock has moved from "Mortal Peril" to "Travelling".  Which means
that Mrs. Weasley or anyone else with such an amazing device would be
able to tell who was apparating and when.  Now, obviously, we don't
know of anyone else who has this sort of clock, but it lets us know
that it is possible to tell when a specific person is apparating. 

Just my two cents,
Raechel (who is currently reading three of the books at the same time
and is admittedly confusing herself with too much information!)