Thunderstorms

We have had some big thunderstorms at night. For those that don't know me, I'm a very heavy sleeper but these thuderstorms are so loud they send me jumping up from bed. I'm not sure why they wake me up. It could be that before the storm starts the wind whips through the apartment slamming doors which wakes me up and sends me back into a light sleep. I think I will just start securing the doors every night just in case we get a thunderstorm. I'm hoping that will help me sleep through the storms. I'm not sure I that will work though since I don't think I have ever heard thunderstorms this loud before. Don't get me wrong, I love thunderstorms. I love the wind whipping around and the crack of thunder and the bolts of lightening but I would prefer they happened at 8pm and not at 2am.