LAKELAND Scott Leavitt, 60, had just gotten home from his railing manufacturing job in Tampa when he saw winds whipping the American flag flying from his home at 5738 Gibson Shores Drive in North Lakeland.
“I was taking the flag down and then it got real bad and I thought, well, I better get in the house. As soon as I shut the door, it just started getting crazy.”
Leavitt heard what many tornado survivors describe as the sound of a train. As he started to make his way into a hallway to get into a bathroom, he looked back over his shoulder.