Following the hurricane Sandy or the one that happened on the east coast, our founder started working on the DBA or the Association in case a storm happens off the Pacific coast.
Through his research, he discovered that there is a Subduction zone off the Oregon and Washington coast. This is one that could be happening at any time. Currently there is an organization the OSSCPA. It is one that has been in operation since 1991 and on a zero budget.
This is why Mason LeMay our founder stepped forward and started doing something about it. Especially when the potentials economic damage it could do to your economy is in the hundreds of billions.
The fund raising part of it is very difficult. Then he stumbled across a list of "crowd-funding sites". He figured what is the worst that can happen. The $500 dollar figure is a good starting point.