I recently experienced my first hurricane in Florida.

Irma narrowly skirted the Tampa Bay area, so we were spared from the worst of this seasons damage.

But many of my friends, co-workers and neighbors were still without power for several days.

Lower Manhattan following Power Outage as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

Ive seen similar usually less devastating effects from winter storms in my home state of Wisconsin.

Or sometimes its a driver who skids off the street and hits something vital on the grid.

Or a fallen tree.

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Or you get the picture.

Our team has compiled alist of creative waysyou can fatten your bank account this week.

This is a long list, so dont get overwhelmed.

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Go ahead and start now, but be sure to bookmark this post so you might easily return later.

Well keep it updated as offers changes or expire.

Heres how to get out of paying for those utilities when the power goes out.

Dont forget about your finances.

Call your cable or satellite company to explain the power outage.

Multiply that by the number of days you were without service.

Do you start shaking when you think about calling customer service to ask foranything?Me, too.

So we found an app thatll do that for you.

It works with Comcast, Time Warner, Charter and other providers.

It can also find cash-back deals for your purchases and cancel subscriptions you forgot about.

You cansign upfor free with Facebook or your email address.

Then, upload a PDF of your most recent bill, and Trims AI-powered system gets to work.

If at first it doesnt succeed, itll keep negotiating until it can save you some money.

it’s possible for you to use Trim to negotiate bills anytime.

Itll negotiate the best deal it can.

Trim is also free to use it just keeps 25% of whatever it saves you on your bill.

How Much Money Can You Save From a Power Outage?

In a 30-day month, thats $3.53 a day.

You could call the cable company and get that refund yourself.

But in my opinion, waiting on hold withComcasts customer serviceisnt worth $35.

Letting someoneelsewait on hold and do the work for me?

That softens the blow of the week you spent eating canned tuna and PB&J, right?

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