Is There Alternating Current in Harry's World?

[justcorbly]

No: HPFGUIDX 184192

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tommy_m_riddle" <scarah at ...> wrote:
>
> justcorbly said:
> > So... is Hogwarts off the grid?  What about all the other houses 
> and buildings 

> Sarah said:
> I think it's more that witches and wizards pose a threat to 
> electricity.
> 
> Hermione in GOF:
> "All those substitutes for magic Muggles use - electricity, 
> computers, and radar, and all those things - they all go haywire 
> around Hogwarts, there's too much magic in the air.
> 

justcorbly says:

Thanks,  I'd forgotten that from Hermione.  Still, that doesn't explain what happens away 
from Hogwarts.  

> Sarah said:
> Molly seems to just cook with magic.  Hermione once did an essay for 
> Muggle Studies that was on "Why Muggles Need Electricity" or 
> something to that effect.  Arthur is interested in electricity, but 
> can't pronounce it.  Wizards don't seem to need it.
> 


Justcorbly says:

Doesn't Molly say, somewhere, that she can move the food around by magic but that it 
needs to be cooked as per usual.  Does anyone recall an instance in which someone 
pointed a finger and zapped up a cup of tea, rather than putting the pot on?

> justcorbly said:
> > Are they all in the NHS?
> 
Sarah said:
> What, so they could get absurd archaic treatments such as stitches?
>   :)  Now why would they want to do that?

Justcorbly says:

Can magic cure a grave illness like cancer?  Dumbledore did not cure himself. And, what 
happens if one of them is out and about in a city and is hit by a bus, seriously injured, and 
rendered unconscious?  Off to a hospital, of course, where the staff would immediately 
look for something to identify next of kin and other contacts.  Maybe they all carry false 
ID's.

justcorbly