Last night we had a huge storm in central Phoenix. We had, what are apparently called microbursts, which are almost like tornados. Today our neighborhood is full of huge, uprooted trees and knocked over power lines.
My favorite tree in our yard was uprooted....
It landed on my car. Luckily, after excavation efforts by Mangala Sadhu Sangeet and Hari Jot, my car was found to be undamaged (minus some scratches.)
Just down the street, an enormous tree fell onto the ashram, where I work. That's my office right under the tree. 
In case you are wondering how big that root and dirt base is...there's me and Satvinder giving some perspective.
We biked around the neighborhood this morning, checking out the carnage. Here's one of the Khalsa School campuses that has a mural on a wall that got smashed. This was significant to us because the little boy painted on that mural (kid on the right) is Mangala Sadhu Sangeet, as a child.It did create quite the community feel as all the neighbors were out and about, looking around, dealing with tree damage, exclaiming about the craziness of the storm.
All in all, a wacky and entertaining day - though I am sad to see those nice, big tree go. Now...onward to this Level 2 course.
