re: Do u sleep with a sound machine noise?

I used to have some type of background noise on to help with sleeping but that changed several years ago. One year the house I was renting had poor heating whenever the temperature dropped below 40 degrees. I would turn on a space heater to help heat the bedroom, but to also have some background noise to fall asleep to. One night the nextdoor neighbor's house burned down and I never knew anything was going on. I never heard the firetrucks or any commotion outside. Thankfully no one was hurt, but ever since then I want it quiet in case some shite goes down.

I still feel awful about that night for not helping anyone. The houses were on fairly large lots (1 to 2 acre) so they were not butted up right next to each other which is probably why the firefighters didn't bust down my door. When I went outside the next morning there were emergency vehicles parked in my driveway and the neighbor's driveway. Their house was completely burned down to the foundation with everything lost.