SQUEEEEEE-SQUEEEEE!!!!
That’s what we woke up to. No, not our regular alarm clock, but an alarm of a different kind.
Yes folks, that was the sound of all of the smoke alarms in our house freaking out all at once. We’re pretty sure it was all of them, because as soon as the one in our bedroom freaked out, I was up & out of bed and opening the door, and heard the delayed echo of the others chiming in. (we were already sort of awake from the alarm clock, I just hit snooze alot on our days off) Also, the cats were in the hallway, waiting for us to wake up & leave the bedroom (our bedroom door is always closed, the kitties aren’t allowed in there), and there is a smoke alarm in the hallway. They were pretty freaked out, too, because it’s right above their heads, and while the rest of the rooms in the house are vaulted ceilings, the hallway isn’t. So, there is less air space for the sound of that alarm to spread out, and as a result, it sounds, much, much louder in the hallway.
But they only sang their chorus once, and then it was overwith. I went around the house checking rooms (feeling door handles for heat, of course. Except I forgot to do that when I left our bedroom in such a hurry) for signs of smoke. There was none, so we figured there may have been a brown-out, since sometimes they all screech after power is restored (they take their main power from the house and batteries are their backup).
No smoke, and we’re not sure about brown-out. There was no long power loss because all of our clocks are still set correctly, and the desktop computers are still on. Veeery strange.
It also wasn’t one of them crying out for a battery replacement, because that’s a very different sound. That is just a single, loud, “BEEEP!!” And about a minute later, it repeats itself. “BEEEEP!!” And continues until you open the battery compartment.
This was different.
Nothing like waking up to an alarm that’s about 10 times louder than your alarm clock, and sets your heart racing a million times a minute.
I just hope this doesn’t start happening more often. We’re having enough trouble with our garage door opener, we don’t need a mystery with our smoke alarms, too.
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