I disagree with nothing Michael wrote, but I'd add one thing: The ND, PD, GM and Chief Engineer (or Director of Engineering, whatever the formal title is) all need to ensure that studio and control room furniture is sturdy enough to protect talent and staff in the event of a quake. Too often the stuff looks designed for flash, and that it would collapse in a strong wind. (Like that classic Johnny Carson Tonight Show bit where a prop mockup of his desk collapses when Carson bumps into it during a taping.) It's not just there to give glitz to the set, it has to be able to withstand a light fixture collapsing onto it while protecting whoever's taken shelter beneath it. (Those old Steelcase desks could withstand a nuclear blast, but modern furniture -- especially those cantilevered cubicle desks that modern corporations are so enamored of -- couldn't protect a puppy dog from a fart. Not that a Steelcase desk would ever be likely to find its way onto a modern TV Newsroom/studio set.)