On Wednesday night, October 30, Emet Outreach mentors for TorahConnect met at the Emet Outreach office in Hillcrest for a beautiful orientation meeting. Emet Outreach recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. It was founded in Queens and is co-directed by Rabbi Mordechai Kraft and Rabbi Akiva Rutenberg.

“I’ve lived here my whole life and never saw a storm like this,” a 78-year-old resident shared. Hurricanes haven’t hit Tampa directly for the past 100 years.

Hurricane Milton was predicted to hit Tampa Florida as a Category 5 hurricane.