These minor solar farm destructions are reminders of many much more devastating disasters for man and man made structures in the last 25 years:
- Fukushima earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed 4 nuclear reactors and required evacuation of over 100,000 people, destroying their homes, businesses, and industry.
- 2023 Earthquake in Turkey/Syria registered 7.8 on the Richter scale took over 60,000 lives and destroyed their homes, businesses and industry.
- 2022 South African floods killed over 460 people - destroying their homes
- 2022 Nigeria floods killed over 600 people - destroying their homes
- 2022 Pakistan floods killed over 1800 people - destroying their homes/farms/businesses.
- 2010 Earthquake that hit Haiti’s capital city, Port au Prince, affected more than 3 million people, caused over 200,000 deaths, and left two million homeless.
- 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake with a power of 9.15 on the Richter scale hit the Sumatra coast and sent deadly waves completely erased parts of Sumatra - it lasted only ten seconds but resulted in 300,000 deaths
- 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the US Gulf Coast, overwhelming levees on the Mississippi River and leaving parts of the city of New Orleans underwater. It killed over 1,800 people and material damage of over $81 billion dollars.
- 2005 Kashmir earthquake registered 7.6 on the Richter scale took 86,000 lives and left 106,000 people injured.
- 2008 China’s Sichuan Province earthquake magnitude of 7.9 killed over 69,000 people with over 18,000 missing and the damage was over $85 billion dollars.