Mauna Loa erupting

[My 2 cents]

After the eruption was established in the NE rift zone I read somewhere official (maybe it was the USGS twatter feed) that southern or western rift zones were not going to erupt unless the eruption in the NE rift zone stopped, pressure rebuilt, and then a new eruption began. 

Remember it's never goodbye within our lifetimes. It's "see you later".

I also saw this in this morning's Tribune article:

...(HVO research geologist Frank) Trusdell also noted that three previous historical Mauna Loa lava flows had transitioned from producing a’a lava; the chunkier, more viscous lava that has characterized the current eruption; to producing more fluid pahoehoe lava. This transition, he said, also corresponded with a decrease in effusion rates, suggesting that the current slowdown might herald a new phase in the eruption.