Sat, Sep 1, 2012 12:21 AM EDT - WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans 3:50
Tania Dall / Eyewitness News
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NEW ORLEANS -- What Ronald Perkins couldn't put on the grill or give to his neighbors is now in the belly of Pinky, the Treme homeowner's pig.
"That's what I'm barbecuing now. The food that was still cold that was from the freezer," he said.
Like hundreds of thousands of others, Perkins is living without electricity these days. Power was knocked out in this neighborhood the day Isaac rolled in.
"I feel blessed that we're still alive,