This night I had to wake up at 1.00 A.M.

door screen  - canvas door screen
@ronaldinu (12422)
Malta
December 6, 2008 4:41am CST
It was so windy last night that I could not sleep with the noises coming from my main door. I have a canvas shield protecting the door from the sun and despite that it was held tightly it was bouncing on the door due to the wind. I had to wake up in the middle of the night to remove the canvas door protection. Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night with a strange noise? © ronaldinu 2008
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• United States
7 Jan 09
Sometimes I wake to strange noises. House creaking, leaves in the wind, a random noisy car on the street. Sometimes, I have to actually go see what made the noise and cannot fall back to sleep until I know what it was.
@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
10 Dec 08
Sometimes if rain gets heavy it will wake me up. Lately though i have become a light sleeper so anything wakes me up.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
7 Dec 08
In my state yeah since we live away from town we hear alot of noises animals, when it is windy the tin flapping and others things hitting the side of the house.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
8 Dec 08
When there is a storm, the strong wind hitting the mango tree beside our bedroom would wake me up. I'd normally stand up from my bed to look and see if every window is secured. But even if I return in my head, sleeping would be hard for me during a stormy night so I would pray to ask for God's comfort and protection. After praying, I'd rest everything in His hand and there and then would I only fall asleep again.
@ushaqwer (95)
• India
7 Dec 08
once in my house de person who came to steal sumthing made heavy noise in de corridor which made my whole family to get up.wen he came to know tht he made hell of noise he ran away.sumtimes i woke up wid strange noises wich are made in de house.
@arunmails (3011)
• India
10 Dec 08
No, I don't do like that. But, one day, woke up with a strange noise, coz, one of my friends pour water on me when I was in a deep sleep......
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
6 Dec 08
At night it seems that noise carries and you can hear everything! Which is not good news if you are a light sleeper or find it difficult to get off to sleep in the first place, once I had a pesky mouse in my bedroom and everytime the light went out it would come out and start sniffing around looking for food and it would be scratching and I would hear it, so I would get out of bed turn the light on and it would scurry off! It drove me cuckoo, I would lie in wait knowing that damn mouse would be out again, in the end I put a humane trap down and caught him, I still listened out in case he had any family with him!
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
6 Dec 08
I do wake up in the middle of the night too, when it's raining especially when there's thunder.. when the thunder comes, it's so loud that it will wake me up instantly.. PLus, it's always the case of multiple thunder and i will be able to see them from my windows.. haha ^_^ I'm not scare of it, but rather it's too noisy that it's affecting my sleep.. haha
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
7 Dec 08
I am a very light sleeper, and often wake on the hour or even half-hour. I listen to the radio, but still doze in and out of sleep until morning. Unfortunately, when thieves broke into two cars in our driveway a few months ago, that didn't wake me! I would have loved to have been in time to scare the thieves away.
6 Dec 08
Hi ronaldinu, At that time of the night, i am still downstaires mylotting and the only time I get working up by some strange noise is my husband snoring. Tamara
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
7 Dec 08
Hey ronaldinu~Yes, I have been awakened by a strange noise on occasion. And alot of times it is something to do with the wind. There is something mysterious about the wind! It can create quite the havoc when it is allowed to breathe it's deepest breaths! We have some loose gutters outside my window and a few times they have really loosened up and banged against the side of the building creating quite a scary sound! I think they have finally been fixed! I hope so! I kind of like the sound the wind makes on those snowy nights when it whistles and you know that the snow is whipping all around! Until the morning comes and you have over a foot of snow to trapse in!
@savypat (20216)
• United States
6 Dec 08
Yes l wake up in the night often, we live in the country and so there are many things that visit our home during the night.
@Humbug25 (12540)
6 Dec 08
Hi ronaldinu I was woken once at about 3am by the sound of my smoke alarm but as I was half asleep and not feeling too well I wasn't sure what it was straight away. When I did realise what it was I was able to disarm it but not before I ran around the house to make sure there was nothing untoward. My kids slept through it all even though the alarm is situated outside their bedroom door!!
• Indonesia
6 Dec 08
I haven't ever wake up in middle night with a strange noise, but i wake up because my big sister singing
@riyasam (16556)
• India
6 Dec 08
it did happen to me recently.i heard a loud thud and i woke up,but i couldnt see anything or anybody.i felt foolish later on.it was rather uncanny.i was alone in my room.
@Anne18 (11029)
6 Dec 08
I do and if hubby is at home I wake him up to sort it out, if I am on my own with the children I just hide under the covers
• Philippines
6 Dec 08
I do. The other night I was even mad knowing that there are so pathetic neighbors who has nothing to do except to shout at each others' face at the very wee hours at night. Both couple were drunk after coming from somewhere perhaps a party and come home shouting and throw each other, something I don't know what. I wanted to call the police but something stopped me, I decided if they would do same thing, I would press charges, without hesitation. Good heavens !