#angel number 838

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Hello!

Just a very minor question: do you happen to know what it says on the cover of the book that the-angel-eventually-known-as-Crowley uses when he's creating the nebula in the beginning of season two?

I think it says "Nebula [something]" but I couldn't get a clear image.

Thanks!

Hiya! It's Nebula and then there is a number :) It is a bit of a fiend to read, it starts 23 certainly, perhaps 231 280?

I tried to google a bit and found this on the pages of the hubble telescope so they do name some objects like this.... (One of 42 new proplyds discovered in the Orion Nebula, 231-838 is one of the bright proplyds that lies relatively close to the nebula’s brightest star, Theta 1 Orionis C. Resembling a boomerang, this proplyd is surrounded by a shock wave that is caused by stellar wind from the massive Theta 1 Orionis C interacting with gas in the nebula.)

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This may simply be me being absolutely unhinged, but stick with me for a moment.

…Okay, so we have Heaven’s Missing Poster for Gabriel [See Image Below].

…Many have already discovered that the number at the bottom actually works, but I was curious (and feral enough), to research and breakdown all of the numbered sets into their corresponding angel number meanings.

I think that these sets will each point to an overarching theme within this season’s plot.

1 - 838 - 222 - 2770

In their respective order, each set’s meanings are as follows (with commentary).

1 - New Beginnings. The number 1 typically signals a significant change in one’s life. Anything from embarking upon a new romantic relationship—to moving house, or changing professions.

We know (from the trailer/promo) that Crowley is living in his car (since his flat came with the job), so that means—both moving house & changing professions, have already been at least partially checked off the list.

838 - A period of deep inner transformation. The Number 838 encourages an increase in self-confidence, and reminds us that our desires, thoughts, actions, and inactions have an inevitable result. “Naysayers are voices of deceit & falsehood, hell bent on destroying your destiny.”

This one mostly speaks for itself, but the fact it’s a palindrome (meaning it reads as the same sequence of numbers backwards & forwards), makes me think that Mx. “What’s the point of it all?” Crowley, won’t be the only character undergoing an existential crisis this season.

222 - Action. Partnerships. Holding a note of fun & playfulness, the number 2 is a positive sign, especially in romantic endeavors.

The research I did for this set had me screaming into my pillow, so for simplicity sake I’ll just quote this. “Keep your eyes open, and your heart pure and clear and ready to receive love, as it is surely coming. Also, do not close yourself off to those who are already in your life—sometimes the perfect partner could be waiting right underneath our nose without us even realizing it.”

2770 - The number 2770, encourages us to reciprocate the love we receive from others. “Avoid things that could cause the people that love you to feel like you are pushing them away from your life. These people will likely need your help in one way or another, and it’s important to never say you are too busy for them.”

Not to quote Crowley, again. But—“You WHAT?” Neil, please tell me this has nothing to do with episode 3. I AM FRAGILE.

I could be completely off the mark here, but speculation is fun, and I HAVE to know if anyone else is looking into this.

Additional speculation, reblogged: Here.

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perhaps it isn’t the most normal to be truly afraid of “almost” angel numbers..

like when i see something with 445 and im like ew no bad luck gotta replace that one nope. the worst is license plates with like 77T or 838 or 11I like noooo you’re getting in the way of my day being good :((( somehow :(((

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Forecast for September 3rd-9th, 2023

“Peaceful living comes down to living compassionately and wisely.”

This is the first full week after the Pisces full moon and has become enlightening as we dove deep and we’re shown our shadow sides. The parts of us that was even hidden from ourselves. It unraveled deep desires and the things that are keeping us from love, whether that be our own actions or the actions of those around us. It is up to us to make the conscious awareness to separate ourselves from what no longer serves us and integrate what we truly are. Lifting the burdens and heaviness of our own inner emotions so we can transcend what was to what is.

Your guides are speaking through this weekly forecast to bring awareness to your thoughts and how you’re currently perceiving your reality. What you’re seeing isn’t always how it really is. We can have clouded judgement, as Pisces rules illusions too. Our illusions can sometimes be seen as a truth when in fact, it can be the lie that supports the perception your Ego is running through your head. What veil has been uncovered? Only you know what your experience was the past week. Stay rooted and grounded so you can make decisions and plant seeds that grow blessings, and not into weeds you have to take care of later.

Ground your thoughts.

You’re fighting for control when you’re going through a Dark Night of the Soul. In this space, you will feel lost, like a part of your soul has been lost and never to be found again, but this isn’t true. Sometimes we outgrow our surroundings, our environment, our personal interests and it can make you feel as if you don’t know yourself anymore. The most insignificant events can make you spiral, but understand how your emotions play a part in taking over when your thoughts go on and on. This is crucial in gaining control over your thoughts, which in turn will gain balance with your emotions. If you need to reach out during this period with family and friends, do so. This will help you through this darkness you perceive in your current reality. You will emerge with a new meaning and lease on life, this change will be good.

Understand your true nature. What drives you? What keeps you going? What inner wolf do you keep caged in, knowing when unleashed, it will liberate you? The feeling of freedom you wish to feel. There is a time for everything, and with the current cycles of change you’re meant to journey into the Underworld alongside Persephone. In the depths of your subconscious, you feel you haven’t gotten what you’ve asked for. Wherever you’re trying to go is a process, and first you have go deep in order to rise and proceed forward. As summer turns to fall, allow the next 6 months for introversion and integrating the person you really are.

Follow the sun, moon, and the seasons. Beginning of Fall and until the end of Winter. Sometimes it’s okay to be the Alpha, but it’s also benefitting to have a pack with you when things feel scarce and gruesome on your own.

Call your power back, you are safe and protected by your guides in any situation you find yourself in these coming months. Transformation is on the horizon for you. You are what you seek. Seek deeper inside of you for you to find your Holy Grail. This is Karmic energy that is being released, which is why you have to allow the process to take its course. A full system upgrade is in the works for you, which is why taking your time, resting, and connecting more to yourself is going to be beneficial for you.

Spirit Guides Who May Visit

Persephone (Greek Mythology)

Wolf (Spirit Animal)

Hathor (Egyptian moon goddess)

Angels

Angel Numbers To Be Aware Of

111 (When thinking about desires)

222 (After making a decision)

22 (When thinking of relationships with others)

119

916

838

**Seeing these numbers are to let you know that you are in fact, on the right path**

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Unraveling the Mysteries of the 838 Angel Number and Twin Flames

Are you curious about the divine whispers that are angel numbers, or do you have a deep interest in numerology? Perhaps you've been seeing the number 838 regularly and wonder what it means?

We've just published an enlightening blog post that dives deep into the fascinating world of the 838 Angel Number. This isn't your typical number – it's a symbol of love, relationships, personal growth, spiritual guidance, and it even has a strong connection to Twin Flames.

Our blog post is a comprehensive guide that explains the profound implications and spiritual significance of the 838 Angel Number. It may just hold the key to understanding your personal and spiritual journey better.

Follow the link in our bio to read more and let's uncover the mysteries of the 838 Angel Number together.

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Angel Number 838 True Meaning

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838

support, confidence, wisdom, momentum

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8:38 angel number! 😇

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Random Merciless Stuff part 4

snow! It's winter!

Kim Sunghan enters prison. Dude from slap battle and two of his men bow down to him

in cell number 1 are prisoners with numbers 1362 and 544.

Hyunsoo shares cell with priest (Did they switch to be together? Did priest made that happen? Did Hyunsoo?)

Hyunsoo has tattoos on left upper arm and right side of upper back. On his back there is a scorpion and on his arm is some kind of angel?

Hyunsoo and priest have mirror, toilet paper, blue basket and cup with toothbrushes in their cell

Kim Sunghan's prison number: 1623

Jaeho's bunk in his cell looks like double bed (it's quite wide)

one of Jaeho's men prison number is 171

prison numbers of Kim Sunghan's people: 1620, 838, 419, 1212, 823, 681 (that bald guy), 875, 1782

also I think that in that scene where Jaeho makes Sunghan offer there are two dudes with number 419?

the one with number 823 is actually the dude who was in slap battle with Hyunsoo. He worked for Jaeho but now is with Sunghan

Sunghan reads "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky

the guy who worked for Jaeho and was tortured by warden name is Hoyeol

when Jaeho went for Hoyeol and accused warden of working with Sunghan he got beaten by three guards. One of them's uniform is more similar to warden and other two are more heavily armed. Also their uniforms are darker.

warden uses antibacterial spray after short struggle with Jaeho. He pulls spray from right pocket of his jacket

warden name is Byeon Jeong Gil (kor. 변정길)

slap fight during Sunghan's ruling is watched by five guards

Jaeho has bare feet in detention cell

during Sunghan ruling, his people sit around table on both sides. Number 823 aka guy slapped by Hyunsoo sits on Sunghan's right

knife attack probably takes place in spring, on a hallway in front of consultation room and meeting room. There is a printer and two phones in a hallway

Jaeho is attacked by prisoner 823 aka guy slapped by Hyunsoo aka Sunghan's right hand. His name is apparently Jungsik.

Hyunsoo hurts his left hand while protecting Jaeho

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8383 Angel Number

There are a wide range of ways of figuring out the thing might be anticipating you later on. Or possibly many individuals have confidence in that.

8383 Angel Number

Some of them are keen on palmistry and they accept that their palms can educate them a great deal concerning their own characteristics, as well as about their lives overall.

On the opposite side, there are numbers as one of the ways of figuring out the thing is sitting tight for you later on. In the event that you trust in numbers and their unique powers, you should be exceptionally fretful to figure out what we have arranged for you in this article. Today the subject of our article will be an extraordinary heavenly messenger number that has something to do with your own power, authority, hopefulness and furthermore with karma. Those are just a portion of the implications that we can connect with this strong holy messenger number.

The number that we will discuss today is 8383. In the event that your heavenly holy messengers have sent you this number, you ought to be appreciative and you ought not pass up on the chance to acknowledge this number as your very own piece life. You should rest assured that this number will get you progress and overflow each sense.

In the event that you read the article before you, you will figure out the main implications of heavenly messenger number 8383, as well as the implications of its parts.

Number 8383 - What Does It Mean? We need to enlighten you first something regarding number 8 since this number is the main part of heavenly messenger number 8383.

Number 8 is related with karma, as well likewise with overflow and achievement. At times it tends to be likewise an image of your internal strength and astuteness, as well as an image of your own power.

Assuming you have 8 as your holy messenger number, it could imply that you have excellent relational abilities and you know precisely how to put yourself out there.

Then again, we have number 3. This number is accepted to represent the Ascended Masters and it is typically connected with harmony and congruity. This number is letting you know that you should be more centered around yourself and your own cravings and necessities.

Clearly number 8 and number 3 are assuming the main part for the significance of holy messenger number 8383, yet we have additionally to make reference to the significance of heavenly messenger number 83. Heavenly messenger number 83 is an extremely strong number and your holy messengers will send you it to give you inspiration and solidarity to arrive at your objectives. Your heavenly holy messengers will persuade you to utilize your abilities and gifts since you have once in a lifetime opportunities to make achievement. You are an extremely imaginative individual and you should utilize your inventiveness.

There is a delightful future before you, yet you really want to utilize all your innovative energy and abilities. Obviously, your heavenly holy messengers will help you and to direct you in the correct bearing. You won't commit an error assuming you acknowledge the direction of your divine messengers.

There are additionally different parts of heavenly messenger number 8383 and those are 838 and 383. Both of those numbers are significant for the importance of number 8383.

Holy messenger number 838 is an indication that you are cherished and upheld by your heavenly messengers. They love you and they imagine that you are an astounding individual. That is the reason they have picked you to help you and to send you number 8383. We have additionally holy messenger number 383. This number is an indication that you ought not have any apprehensions and questions, in light of the fact that your heavenly holy messengers are next to you and they are safeguarding you constantly.

Another message that you will get through number 383 is that you should attempt to improve.

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Angel Number 838 is a message from the angels to keep going along on your current path. They are sending you a boost of energy at this time to assist you in keeping up the momentum.

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838 Angel Number Meaning: Focus on Your Self Care & Self Love

838 Angel Number Meaning: Focus on Your Self Care & Self Love

Angel Number 838 838 Angel number is a correspondence from the heavenly domain you are gaining ground since you acknowledge to confront each adjustment of your life. Also, you have the position to know what to change throughout everyday life. Maybe, you can carry on with an incredible life since you can go past your feelings of dread. In any case, your life won’t get more straightforward, and…

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Communities search for ways to live with growing fire threat

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Communities search for ways to live with growing fire threat

by Anton L. Delgado and Dustin Patar

In this photo taken June 11, 2019, is a sign outside Shingletown, Calif. The town got its name from its heyday making wooden roofing materials. The wildfire-vulnerable town has two nicknames, Little Paradise and Gateway to Mount Lassen. Despite federal fire suppression costs quadrupling and an increase in employed firefighters, the damages caused by wildfires has increased fivefold. (Anton L. Delgado/News21 via AP)

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Unless it’s Sunday, Kelly Loew is steering her rusty red Jeep down the same mail route in Shingletown, as she has six days a week for the last seven years. But she delivers less mail these days as California’s persistent wildfires drive residents away.

Last year, California experienced its deadliest and most destructive wildfire season. Shingletown, nicknamed Little Paradise, is one of the state’s most wildfire-vulnerable communities.

Despite the National Interagency Fire Center recording federal fire suppression costs quadrupling since 1989, the damage caused by wildfires has increased fivefold.

“The fear is palpable,” Loew said. “When I drive home through my neighborhood, I see tinderboxes everywhere.”

According to data from the National Catastrophe Service, wildfires over the past decade have resulted in more than $52 billion in insured losses across the country. Flames have burned nearly 49,000 structures across the U.S. since 2014, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. That’s more structures lost than in the previous 14 years combined.

“We shouldn’t be surprised that we’re seeing not only our cities growing, but lots of people taking over what had been rural landscapes and making them an urban environment,” said Stephen Pyne, a wildfire historian. “People like to live in lots of areas that are full of natural hazards and it’s very hard in the American system to tell people they can’t do what they want on their property.”

This summer, the Woodbury Fire northwest of Superior, Arizona, burned close to 124,000 acres and prompted a mandatory evacuation of Roosevelt and nearby communities. It’s the fifth largest wildfire in state history.

“My mind was on overload. I have to pack this, I have to pack that. … Plus you have to pack your personal stuff,” said Pat Spencer, a business owner in Roosevelt, Arizona. “Everybody was like, ‘Why are you packing it up?’ I said, ‘Just to be safe, rather than sorry.'”

In this photo taken June 13, 2019, is Kelly Loew creating a defensible space around her home in Shingletown, Calif., by trimming pine branches and burning them in a pile. It’s a common but dangerous practice in the forested community. Despite federal fire suppression costs quadrupling and an increase in employed firefighters, the damages caused by wildfires has increased fivefold. (Anton L. Delgado/News21 via AP)

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Among her most important possessions: three figurines of angels embracing firefighters. Spencer has six firefighters in her family. Three of them—her son, husband and nephew—spent more than a week battling the Woodbury Fire, which broke out June 8.

Last year, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, Arizona had 838 wildfires more than the U.S. state average, placing it among the top 10 in the nation. The data show that in the first six months of 2019, wildfires in Arizona have burned more land than was burned in all of 2018. Seven other states, including Alaska and Rhode Island, have shown the same trend.

Over the past three decades, the number of wildfires declared major disasters by the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been steadily growing, with 19 since 2009. Nearly 68% occurred in California, Colorado and Oklahoma; the others were in Texas, Washington, Tennessee and Montana.

The cost of wildfire recovery often falls to individual states. To get federal dollars flowing, the governor has to request a disaster declaration and FEMA must recommend it to the president, who can deny or approve it.

But while the number of wildfire disaster declarations has grown in the past two decades, only 16.2% of wildfires larger than 100,000 acres have been declared major disasters, which is about 0.002% of all wildfires in the past 20 years.

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TINDERBOXES EVERYWHERE

“Being human means there’s risk of some sort in your life,” Loew said. “If you’re looking for a quiet mountain town with a good community, a good school and great people, this is the place to be. … I don’t know why people wouldn’t want to live here.”

In this photo taken June 7, 2019, most homes in Shingletown, Calif., are barely visible through the thick trees of Shasta County, California. The town got its name from its heyday making wooden roofing materials. The wildfire-vulnerable town has two nicknames, Little Paradise and Gateway to Mount Lassen. Despite federal fire suppression costs quadrupling and an increase in employed firefighters, the damages caused by wildfires has increased fivefold. (Anton L. Delgado/News21 via AP)

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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2010 Wildland Urban Interface report, Shingletown is an intermixed community, meaning housing and wildland vegetation intermingle, which increases wildfire risk.

The report shows over 39 million people across the country live in forested communities like Shingletown. More than half live in 10 states: Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, California, Florida, Virginia, South Carolina and Alabama.

In California, more than 1.74 million residents live in such communities. Since the report came out in 2010, more structures have been burned in the Golden State than anywhere else in the United States.

The more than 41,000 burned structures in California is nearly 13 times more than the next state, Texas, which had 3,222 structures burned in the same time span.

“Fueled by drought, an unprecedented buildup of dry vegetation and extreme winds, the size and intensity of these wildfires caused the loss of more than 100 lives, destroyed thousands of homes and exposed millions of urban and rural Californians to unhealthy air,” according to a February report by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.

More than 25 million acres of California wildlands are classified as under very high or extreme fire threat. The report blames “climate change, an epidemic of dead and dying trees, and the proliferation of new homes in the wildland urban interface.”

Research by the University of Idaho in 2016 found that wildfires in the West have been made worse by higher temperatures associated with climate change. Warmer air has made forests drier, making vegetation more flammable and better wildfire fuel.

Shingletown, named after its historic production of wooden shingles, is considered vulnerable because of its average age of 61, its median household income of $42,000—more than $18,000 less than the national median—and its location in the foothills of the Cascade Range.

In this photo taken June 6, 2019, in the footprint of the 2018 Carr Fire, members of Cal Fire and the California National Guard grind dead vegetation to mitigate the wildfire risk in Shasta County, California. Despite federal fire suppression costs quadrupling and an increase in employed firefighters, the damages caused by wildfires has increased fivefold. (Anton L. Delgado/News21 via AP)

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To prevent larger wildfires, Cal Fire plans to grind down vegetation. Its top priority project is to create defensible space, along Shingletown’s main road, State Route 44.

In a low-income community like Shingletown, not everyone can afford to create defensible space. Some simply burn the flammable brush, known as slash, in their yards.

“Every slash pile being burned has the potential of getting away,” said Tom Twist, deputy chief of the Shingletown Fire Safe Council, which offers a program that gives residents access to a site to dump flammable vegetation. “We want to reduce the chances of what we call doorstep burn piles.”

California Assemblyman Jim Wood said he’s been working to find funding for wildfire prevention since wildfires in 2017 killed 44 people in Northern California, which until last year, were the most destructive in state history.

In November 2018, the Camp Fire in Butte County killed 86 people and destroyed close to 12,000 structures. That made it the deadliest wildfire since the 1918 Cloquet Fire, which killed more than 450 people in Minnesota.

Wood, a dentist by trade, volunteered with local authorities to use dental records to identify victims in Paradise. Less than a month later, he proposed Bill AB38, which would establish a $1 billion fund meant to financially aid low-income residents to fireproof their homes. The bill passed but was stripped of funding.

“The legislative process is not perfect,” Wood said. “But the commitment I have to trying to find a funding source … to help people protect their homes isn’t going away.”

California’s building code requires homes in fire-prone regions built after 2008 to have fire resistant roofs and siding, and other safeguards. This year, a similar amendment was passed in Oregon, which had the sixth most wildfires in 2018. Both codes require homeowners to pay for it.

In this photo taken June 8, 2019, is Tom Twist, deputy chief of the Fire Safe Council in Shingletown, Calif. Twist says the dump site eliminates the chance of wildfire. “We want to reduce the chances of what we call doorstep burn piles.” Despite federal fire suppression costs quadrupling and an increase in employed firefighters, the damages caused by wildfires has increased fivefold. (Anton L. Delgado/News21 via AP)

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In 2010, 40 million people in the country lived in forested communities, approximately 1-in-10 Americans. But despite the risk of wildfires, building projects continue to be approved in areas still recovering from previous blazes.

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FIGHT OR FLIGHT

Twist, of the Shingletown Fire Safe Council, said he sees this as his second war. He served two tours in Vietnam—first in the infantry, then in the air cavalry.

“There is a lot of correlation between warfare between humans and warfare between humans and the environment,” he said. “When the fire comes … it’s chaotic for the first several hours until people settle in. It’s the same in a firefight.”

To control the chaos, Twist has been pushing to install SR-7 wildfire early-detection systems, which use infrared and optical cameras to detect growing wildfires.

“The Camp Fire is a prime example of what happens when you’re dealing with inadequate information in a rapidly developing wildfire,” he said. “If the SR-7 system had been deployed … it would have detected the fire and it would have given the people of Paradise about an hour and a half more time to evacuate.”

In June, residents of Roosevelt, Arizona, had a day’s warning before they had to flee the Woodbury Fire.

In this photo taken June 21, 2019, hotshot crews return to their camps as smoke from the Woodbury Fire rises over the Superstition Wilderness in central Arizona. Despite federal fire suppression costs quadrupling and an increase in employed firefighters, the damages caused by wildfires has increased fivefold. (Anton L. Delgado/News21 via AP)

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“We want people to be ready to go. If it’s moving towards them, when we say go, we want them to grab their bags and get out of there,” Dick Fleishman, a National Forest Service fire information officer, said the day before the June 20 evacuation.

Spencer spent five days working on her brother’s yard waiting for the threat to be extinguished and the evacuation lifted. She was among the first to re-enter Roosevelt Estates.

“In the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, Amen. Thank you, Lord, for protecting us, for protecting our homes. Thank you, Lord, for protecting our firefighters; without them our homes would not be safe,” Spencer said. “There are just no words, but thank God we are home. There’s no place like home. Amen.”

As she prayed, Spencer’s eldest son and nephew were still on the fire line.

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PRESCRIBED POTENTIAL

David Rubalcaba, 56, has been working fires for nearly half his life. As a hotshot, his job was to rappel from helicopters into wildfires across the country. He did that until 2003, when a burning sequoia crushed his left hand in California.

Now, as the assistant fire management officer—or “burn boss”—for the Karuk Tribe in Northern California, Rubalcaba’s job is to ignite and control prescribed burns. The forest management technique guides the destruction of vegetation that could fuel future wildfires.

In this photo taken June 26, 2019, a reflective mural of The Last Supper and three firefighter figurines were among the first things Pat Spencer unpacked after the mandatory evacuation over Roosevelt, Ariz., was lifted during the Woodbury Fire. Her husband, John, watches as she hangs up the mural. Despite federal fire suppression costs quadrupling and an increase in employed firefighters, the damages caused by wildfires has increased fivefold. (Anton L. Delgado/News21 via AP)

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“I came to the realization one day that firefighting is the problem. I wanted to become part of the solution, and so I got into prescribed fire,” Rubalcaba said. “Prescribed fire is the big thing now because it’s the only solution to this catastrophic event we’re having annually with fire.”

For the first time since the 1920s, data from the National Interagency Fire Center has recorded the amount of acreage being burned by wildfires increasing. Federal fire suppression costs quadrupled to nearly $18.5 billion from $4.5 billion 20 years ago.

In the same time span, wildfire damages have increased fivefold with more than $52 billion in damages this last decade, according to the National Catastrophe Service, which analyzes disasters to assess risk management.

Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order pushing for federal land management and wildfire risk reduction, which said “post-fire assessments show that reducing vegetation through hazardous fuel management … is effective in reducing wildfire severity and loss.”

To better respond to wildfires, firefighting agencies divided the U.S. into 10 geographic regions. The Southern region leads the country with more than 25 million acres of prescribed fires in the past decade—twice the amount of the nine other regions combined.

According to the annual wildland fire summary and statistics report, for the past two decades the Southern region is one of only two regions that has had more land burned by prescribed fires than by wildfires. In 2018, four of the five states with the most wildfires were in the Southern region: Texas, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. But none was in the top five for most land burned.

Research published this year by Crystal Kolden, a wildfire expert and professor in the department of forest, rangeland and fire sciences at the University of Idaho, shows that the region’s use of prescribed burns “may be one of the reasons why the Southeastern states have experienced far fewer wildfire disasters relative to the Western U.S.”

In 2018, California had the most amount of land burned and the second most wildfires. The two regions that represent the state have burned roughly 2.4% of the Southern regions’ total in the past decade.

In this photo taken June 12, 2019, David Rubalcaba, known as the “Burn Boss” of the Karuk Nation in Northern California, supervises all prescribed burns on tribal land. The former smoke jumper took the job after a burning tree crushed his left hand in 2003. “I came to the realization one day that firefighting is the problem. I wanted to become part of the solution, and so I got into prescribed fire,” Rubalcaba said. Despite federal fire suppression costs quadrupling and an increase in employed firefighters, the damages caused by wildfires has increased fivefold. (Anton L. Delgado/News21 via AP)

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“Fire is a driverless car,” Pyne said. “It’s barreling down the road integrating everything around it and at some point, it may be a really sharp curve called climate change. Another point it may be a really tricky intersection called wildland urban interface. It may just be filled with road hazards leftover from logging or past fires.

“There is no fix to the fire problem. … We have to live with it.”

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