1.   Disaster planners say hospitals need to identify rosters of part-timers and retirees who can be trained in advance and summoned in an emergency.

2.   In fact, the prospect of throngs of residents trapped in miles-long traffic jams is what most frightens many disaster planners.

3.   In the past, disaster planners were viewed mostly as an insurance policy.

4.   Later it was decided to name them to help meteorologists and disaster planners avoid confusion and quickly convey information about the behavior of a storm.

5.   Now some lawmakers are trying to get disaster planners to take preventative steps that could cut future losses.

6.   Some critics faulted disaster planners for failing to take into account what basic needs would be in the event of such a disastrous quake.