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[[File:Sirius_fire.jpg|thumb|left|184px|Sirius Black communicating through the Floo Network]]
 
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To access the network, one must toss a handful of Floo Powder into a fireplace, walk into the heatless, green fire, and declare the desired destination. It is apparently also important for the traveller to keep their elbows close to their body. During the trip, the traveller will notice other fireplaces and hearths zooming past, but it is not possible for the traveller to see these locations clearly as the speed of travel is too great. One may also use the Floo Network to speak to someone in another location by merely putting their head through the green fire, as Sirius Black did to talk to Harry in his fourth year.
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To access the network, one must toss a handful of Floo Powder into a fireplace, walk into the heatless, green fire, and declare the desired destination. It is apparently also important for the traveller to keep their elbows close to their body. During the trip, the traveller will notice other fireplaces and hearths zooming past, but it is not possible for the traveller to see these locations clearly as the speed of travel is too great. One may also use the Floo Network to speak to someone in another location by merely putting their head through the green fire, as Sirius Black did to talk to Harry in his fourth year. The Floo Network can also be used to transport inanimate objects. For example , In the Goblet of Fire Novel Molly Weasly uses the fire tongs to put a piece of toast into Amos Diggory's mouth while he is talking to Arthur Weasly via the Floo Network after the Quidditch World Cup Incident.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

Revision as of 12:21, 17 April 2011

Bella Flooing

Bellatrix Lestrange using the Floo Network to escape the Ministry of Magic.

The Floo Network is governed by the Department of Magical Transportation of the Ministry of Magic. This department is located on Level Six of the Ministry. The network is overseen by the Floo Regulation Panel, which controls which fireplaces are connected to the Floo Network. This cannot be done without specialized magic.

This network connects all wizarding fireplaces that utilise Floo powder as a mode of transportation. Muggle homes are not connected to the Floo Network unless special, temporary arrangements are made, which do not require that the Authority visit the location. The connection can be made from the Ministry of Magic.

Sirius fire

Sirius Black communicating through the Floo Network

To access the network, one must toss a handful of Floo Powder into a fireplace, walk into the heatless, green fire, and declare the desired destination. It is apparently also important for the traveller to keep their elbows close to their body. During the trip, the traveller will notice other fireplaces and hearths zooming past, but it is not possible for the traveller to see these locations clearly as the speed of travel is too great. One may also use the Floo Network to speak to someone in another location by merely putting their head through the green fire, as Sirius Black did to talk to Harry in his fourth year. The Floo Network can also be used to transport inanimate objects. For example , In the Goblet of Fire Novel Molly Weasly uses the fire tongs to put a piece of toast into Amos Diggory's mouth while he is talking to Arthur Weasly via the Floo Network after the Quidditch World Cup Incident.

Appearances

  • In 1994, the Floo Network was temporarily connected to the Dursley's, as a favor to Arthur Weasley, so that he could transport Harry back to the burrow in preparation of the upcoming trip to the 1994 Quidditch World Cup that Harry would be attending with the Weasleys and Hermione.
  • At the end of the Christmas holidays in Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts, numerous students including Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys, used the Floo Network to travel back to Hogwarts.
  • In 1997, when the Ministry was overthrown by Lord Voldemort, only the homes and offices of senior Ministry officials were connected to the Network.

Known Floo Network connections

Diagonally

Harry uses the Floo Network for the first time to go to Diagon Alley in 1992.

See also

Appearances