Inbound missle from N. Korea alert.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Some employers & institutions instituted the recommended "Shelter in place" procedures, other employers did not, INCLUDING Hilo Post Office, which sent their employee HOME!.

Shelter in place makes several presumptions, and it should take into account your location and a notification of the source of the inbound missile:

Oahu: The most likely the target of a North Korean missile. Stay where you are, it's the best and safest location from which you can protect yourself should there be an actual blast, especially given a short 15 minute time frame in which you have to prepare. It will also keep the 100 mph, red light running cars off the road.
Big Island: Most likely not the target. We have more time to react, so likely employees, shoppers, etc. could get home after they hear the warning. Unless it's an EMP blast and it fries the electronics in your car.

I don't see a problem with giving Big Island residents the option of sheltering in place or going home. Let the individual decide how to spend their time in this situation, not be forced into a one-size-fits-all Oahu-centric rule.