The announcement was made in response to the decision by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to raise the federal homeland security alert to a high-risk" orange level.

"We have a top civil defense team, and we're following the national situation very closely," Gov. Linda Lingle said this morning. "We have determined, with our partners and all the first-responders, that there's no reason to go to the higher level."

Officials called to a 10 a.m. press conference did say, however, that the public can expect to see increased security state airports and harbors, as well as at federal buildings, because of the Homeland Security secretary's decision.

"Because the level was increased nationally from yellow to orange, there will be increased patrols" at these points, said Rod Haraga, director of the state Department of Transportation. He said the state wants to avoid making an unwarranted security change because the added duties would impede daily routines unnecessarily.

"A down side to raising the level unnecessarily is to get people fearful unnecessarily," Lingle added.

Maj. Guillermo Canedo, spokesman for CINCPAC, said the Department of Defense sets its own "force protection conditions" separate from the homeland security system but said the military won't disclose its current level.