Life for families on US military facilities in Japan appears to be returning to normal:

At Misawa Air Base, the closest U.S. military base to the devastation, lights began flickering to life Sunday night. The base lost power and heat in the wake of the earthquake; it was the hardest hit of U.S. installations in Japan.

Workers from Tohoku Power and the base were working to restore power but warned of intermittent outages even after the first power restorations, according to command statements. Japanese officials rescinded a boil-water order, meaning the water on base is now safe to drink.

Misawa schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday, according to Pacific schools spokesman Charles Hoff. All other base schools in mainland Japan and Okinawa plan on having normal school days, Hoff said. Any changes would be broadcast on AFN, he added.

Navy installations around Japan said that business would continue as usual Monday.

“I expect it will be everyone at work and … everything open as normal on our installations,” said Cmdr. Ron Steiner, spokesman for Commander Naval Forces Japan.  [Stars & Stripes]

I understand people are scared, but seriously some of the questions I hear dependents ask at times leaves me shaking my head:

Shannon Temple, of Oak Harbor, Wash., said she wanted to hear from command to find out how many more aftershocks to expect, and whether tsunamis were still a threat at the base, which lies on the Miura Peninsula coast.

“We need better communication and information,” Temple said.

Seriously how is the command going to know how many aftershocks there are going to be or if another tsunami is coming?  Scientists cannot predict an earthquake or tsunami much less a commanding officer.  With a quake of this size there is probably going to be weeks of aftershocks as the fault line that caused the earthquake stabilizes.  Who knows what is going to happen so that is why it is important to stay prepared for any other future disasters.