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Get Ready for the Upcoming Holiday Season

By Gabby Gregory

When you’ve been driving or walking around, you or whoever you are traveling with have probably slowed down or stopped to admire the bright lights decorating a home or business, especially during the holiday season. There’s just something special and beautiful about these twinkling lights, drawing our attention and leaving us to stare at them in wonder and awe. Most of the time, we only really get to see these enchanting lights around the Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa holidays, likely because it’s a hassle to put up all of those lights. You get tangled in all the wires and dig out multiple extension cords only to nd out that half of the bulbs have burned out anyway. Then it’s time for another expensive trip to the store for more cheap, fussy lights that don’t last, especially in Florida weather.

But what if I told you that you don’t have to give yourself a headache over putting up lights on your home or business? And, what if I told you that those pretty lights don’t have to be torn down and tossed away only after being used for one holiday? With Treasure Coast TrimLight, you can light up your life all year long without any work or stress!

Trimlight is a patented exterior lighting system with over 16 million color options for your home, business, patio, pool screen, boat dock, and more. Now, you can celebrate and decorate (with no effort!) not only during the winter season, but also during any day you choose! Whether it’s a birthday, a Superbowl party, Easter, the 4th of July, a gender reveal party, St. Patrick’s Day, or a random Tuesday, your home or business will literally shine like none other.

Treasure Coast TrimLight is an authorized dealer of the Trimlight product, professionally and expertly installing the permanent exterior lighting to remain hidden during the day and dazzle onlookers at night. Owners, business partners, and married couple John and Brennan Brown are at the helm of the business, dedicated to providing impeccable customer service and this “amazing product to homeowners and businesses on the Treasure Coast” after having installed Trimlight on their previous home in Seattle, Washington. So impressed by the product’s high quality and endless possibilities, the Browns decided to bring it to people on the Treasure Coast when they moved back to Port St. Lucie to be with family.

Treasure Coast TrimLight’s year-round exterior lighting has countless programmable colors, animations, and preset options for every major holiday on their userfriendly, cloud-based phone app, which is available for free download on any mobile device. You can schedule your lights to turn on and off at certain times with just the touch of a button. They can be brightened or

certain pattern, all with a simple tap. The lights can even be paired to an Apple or Google smart device to “dance” along to music. And, you don’t even have to be in the same country as your home or business to do so! Trimlight is connected to your Internet, so you can control your lights no matter where you may be.

Trimlight features energyef cient LED bulbs that are weather proof, water resistant, and have a 50,000-hour lifespan. If, somehow, anything happens to the lights, then Treasure Coast TrimLight offers the very BEST lifetime warranty, plus a 3-year labor warranty. These warranties

burn out? No sweat! You just call John and Brennan at Treasure Coast TrimLight and they will be there to x it at no charge to you.

Call John and Brennan Brown at Treasure Coast TrimLight for a complimentary quote on lights for your home or business! They will schedule a time to come out and measure the structure, and within 24 hours, you’ll have your free quote.

With Treasure Coast TrimLight, you can have peace of mind knowing that you have a delightful high-quality product built to last. John assures, “We pride ourselves on customer service, ensuring that

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functions as it is supposed to. And if there’s ever a situation that arises, then we are a phone call away!”

John and Brennan encourage you to give Treasure Coast TrimLight a call so you can light up your life at any time of the year with no hard work, frustration, or stress!

Treasure Coast TrimLight serves communities on the Treasure Coast from Sebastian to Hobe Sound. To schedule a complimentary quote, call 772-919-5082 or visit treasurecoasttrimlight.com.

Anybody freaked out about a category one hurricane besides me? I took the entire thing in stride, until a erward, when I realized the power of water! My backyard was full of river mud, seaweed, other people’s dock planks, and just general mess. I was lucky. e neighbor to my le had two feet of water under his house, where he has outdoor furniture, man-cave stu , and storage. He also had the entire river breach his pool and knock out his pool pump. I was right where he is now, during Frances and Jean, in 2004, 2005, and believe me, it wasn’t pretty! e neighbor on my other side, whose dock planks were about twenty years old, lost many of them, some to the river, some to my backyard. His neighbor also had her pool breached with river mud, and lost her pool pump. I can’t say how anyone else did, but I heard plenty of stories of broken docks and unmoored boats.

My point is this. Until now, I paid attention to the actual number of the storm, if it was a Category 1, I barely paid attention, a Cat 2 or 3, minimal concern, maybe some supplies, nothing drastic. I really became concerned if it was a Cat 4 and I hightailed out of town for a Cat 5. ose were the old days, ose were the old rules. Today we’re in an entirely new normal, and not a good one. e numbers no longer tell the story. Storm surge is now on the top of my list

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of worries, where it will remain forever more. My street, the main road, and many other streets were under water. I can now understand why they tell you to never drive through deep water, because it can carry a car away, or submerge it. I thought that was an old wives tale, something that got hyped up on the news, to scare people. Nope. It’s real life, and the truth. e only good news, if there is any, for this minimal hurricane, is that it did not carry the lightening and thunder that most hurricanes do. I am not ashamed to admit, nothing scares me more than lightening.

I am originally from up north. From what I remember, which is at least 49 years ago, we never got these downpours that can completely derail travel. We also certainly never had to fear being killed by lightening, because it was not the cloud to ground lightening that we experience here in Florida. Maybe that’s all changed, maybe not. But I can tell you one thing, there is a price to pay for the paradise that we live in, and that price is steep. In a moment’s notice, we can lose property, homes, and even life. ose of us who choose to live here, either by desire or by default, really have to start paying attention to what Mother Nature is telling us. Ultimately, we are ghting a battle that many of us were not prepared for. My thoughts are these. We should stock up our cabinets as if we are going to lose power, for

days. If we do not use our canned goods, we can donate them right around this time of the year to those less fortunate, and be done with it. If we are able to a ord hurricane windows and doors, we should not put o getting them. If we cannot a ord them, plywood or metal shutters are the next best thing. A generator is the candle on top of the cake. If you have the money, it is a great investment.

We also have to think about our pets, our elderly, our in rm, and help out. Regardless of how much you might dislike your neighbor, or the political di erences you have with friends, this is not the time to be emotionally sel sh.

For What it’s Worth , it is up to every one of us to take people in, feed them, shelter them, and check on them afterward. If we are this side of luck, count your blessings. If we are on the other side of luck, hope that someone will care.I will. Will you?

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Ocean Point Claims Company: We Will Never Leave Your Side

Hurricane season is almost upon us and, unfortunately, the threat of hurricanes looms over Florida residents. This potential for bad weather can cause stress for property owners. Is their current insurance coverage enough? What if there is a catastrophic loss... will their insurance company hold up its end of the bargain? Well, have no fear, Ocean Point Claims is here!

Ocean Point Claims Company is a residential and commercial damage claim firm that offers a stress-free claims process to get you the maximum settlement for your property loss or damage. Ocean Point Claims is managed by lead public adjuster Eli Goins.

Eli has been in the industry for 17 years, having first worked for multiple insurance companies for 10 years as an Independent Adjuster. After that time, Eli realized he wanted a change, explaining, “I’d rather help the homeowner, because they need help, and I use my [insurance industry] knowledge to do that.”

A Public Adjuster is an Insurance Adjuster who works for the Policyholder, not the insurance company. Eli says, “You need somebody on your side that can prepare all the paperwork and show the insurance company what the damage will cost to repair. The insurance companies have adjusters working in their favor, you should too!” Eli and his six other Public Adjusters are licensed and bonded. They service the entire state of Florida. Currently, Ocean Point has four staff members who serve as administrative support to the Public Adjusters.

Ocean Point Claims Company is certainly on your side throughout the entire claims process! They begin with a free inspection of the damage, a thorough review of your insurance policy, and a consultation about your options. Ocean Point Claims Company has a “no recovery, no fee” policy. Eli says,

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“We don’t get paid until you do! Ocean Point’s goal is to get you paid without you having to come out of pocket.”

Ocean Point Claims knows the tactics that insurance companies use to underpay or deny a claim. Their expert team of public adjusters will review your situation to determine the proper strategy for a positive resolution. Additionally, Eli understands the language of insurance policies and affirms, “People don’t realize that the policy excludes some things. They [the insurance company] may give you a limit of $10,000 for property damage, but I can get you $50,000, working from pure experience, really knowing the policies, and thinking outside the box.”

Thinking creatively, documenting thoroughly, and strategizing a solid plan are the processes that set Ocean Point Claims apart from their competitors. Every claim is different, so Ocean Point Claims provides personalized service for their clients from the beginning of the claim until the very end.

Ocean Point Claims likens themselves to “woodpeckers that just don’t stop” because they demand that their clients receive what they are entitled to. “We will make sure that we squeeze all of the juice out of that orange [claim] for our clients,” says Eli.

Ocean Point Claims is a onestop shop that includes Public Adjusting, Appraisal (claim), and Loss Consulting. Their experts have experience with the legal procedures, statutes, and regulatory requirements that can lead to a claims success or failure. The firm also includes access to a network of engineers, roofers, general contractors, architects, and first-party insurance litigation

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Eli Goins, Public Adjuster and Claims Expert