The images of Hurricane Katrina are etched in the national psyche. And with Gustav's landfall, some individual memories are resurrected. It stirred emotions, and the images can never be washed or closed away.

"It was just terrible. It smelled like hot trash. And the city -- it smelled like sewage," said Ashley Turner, a Hurricane Katrina survivor.

Hurricane Katrina left many sitting in shock, but for Turner, it's a slice of real life. She was in New Orleans just days before Hurricane Katrina hit.

"I was devastated, just because that was my life that I was about to start and never got to finish," said Turner.

She was entering her freshman year at Loyola University, but never got to see it.

"I had a pair of basketball shorts, a t-shirt, my toothbrush, and that's it," she said.

Now she's reliving the past.

"It's just really sad. It's just deja vu all over again."

This time around, all she can do is scan for more information and hope her friends down south stay safe. Turner carries the memory of hope close to her heart.

"It's the symbol of New Orleans. It's the lily flower," Turner said.

Turner's family made it out of New Orleans safely, and Turner never returned. Now she is a rising Senior at the University of Missouri.

Edited by Lara Montague