Where's the lava gonna flow?

[Carey]

Movement in the Pacific plate does effect where the STATIONARY hot spot is on the Pacific plate....but we would probably not notice the effect here, as this island is no longer on the hot spot....the new island of Lo`ihi is over the hot spot...all of the magma here is mostly residual...even Maui has had active flows in the 1790's, long after it was even near the hot spot.

Oh, and the true summit of Kilauea is slightly away from the Halemaumau crater rim....

Has anyone noticed the amount of fumes that have been coming from Pu'u O'o crater the last couple of days, and no glow at the Halemaumau crater hole??? wonder what THAT means...