Climatewatch: some signs of Gaia's fever

I cannot help thinking of the climate warming that is happening on Earth these days as a fever. Without being too familiar with James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis, nor too mystical about our "living planet", the parallel is nevertheless striking. Oversimplifying: if humans are like a virus, having overstepped the proper boundaries of our symbiosis with the host organism, the host is now reacting with a fever, much like we do when we are sick. To "boil out" the germs.

Some details about the "fever" - it seems that forest fires are becoming more intense - in the context of shrinking resources and programs dedicated to preventing & combating them:
UN FAO report on forest fires
If you live in the US these days, in Georgia (where 75% of the Okefenokee National Park is still smoldering, and the fire is not out yet) or Florida or even just sunny California - you are experiencing it firsthand. If you do not, but are planning to move there, better think twice... There might be some hidden costs you are not considering.
The US in particular seems to be locked in a pattern where the staff dedicated to fire prevention and fire fighting is decreasing and losing confidence, on top of that, partly because of diminishing support for these organizations - and also simply from being overworked. In Georgia, for example, the firefighters are paid for their extra time in vacation days, and not overtime pay. So many have accumulated some hefty vacation spans that is unlikely they can use any time soon - as the fire season is just beginning and winters are no longer quiet times anymore, either.