At least a few residents who live near the SpaceX facility in McGregor say they’re frustrated by the rumble of rocket tests.

"One time it even almost blew me out of my bed," said Charles Dawson who lives less than a mile from the facility.

"I don't think it's right for them to test that thing that late at night, waking people up, shaking things in my house. It's just not pleasant,” he said.

SpaceX has been testing Merlin engines for its Falcon 9 rocket with some increased testing at the end of the week, company representative Philip Larson said in an email Monday.

Under standards established by the City of McGregor, SpaceX tests are not allowed to exceed 115 decibels as measured three miles from the test site

That’s louder than a Boeing 737, but five decibels quieter than a civil defense warning siren.

The facility is also cannot test past 10 p.m., a rule it has violated five times in the past year, according to the city of McGregor.

Dawson can handle the noise, just not at all hours of the night. He doesn't believe it will get much better.

"You can't stop it, so what are you going to do," Dawson said.