Caring about our local creeks, rivers and ocean may be a no-brainer. But that doesn’t mean you don’t need to challenge your noggin every once and a while.
Solve our Stormwater Stumper by telling us what we’re describing in the riddle below. If you get it right, we’ll send you a stylish LA Stormwater organic cotton tote. As a bonus, all correct answers will be entered to win a family 4 pack to the upcoming Discovery Cube LA, opening November 13!
At birth I’m low and lie serene.But slow I rise, still barely seen.With monstrous roar I rise up talland briefly see above it all.It cannot last, and soon I break.I crash. I fall. ’til next I wake.
There are three ways to enter:
- Log on to Facebook and enter our snazzy online contest.
- Send an email to [email protected].
- Post your answer in the comment section below.
Put on your thinking caps and send us your best guess. The contest ends at midnight on Thursday November 6, 2014. We’ll announce the winner of the Discovery Cube LA tickets on Monday November 10 so stay tuned!
October 23rd, 2014 at 10:24 am
A wave!
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:08 pm
A big wave
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:15 pm
You are describing a wave.
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:20 pm
Answer: A Wave
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:21 pm
A wave
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:23 pm
The answer is a wave.
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:24 pm
the sun
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Wave
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:26 pm
It is a wave.
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:30 pm
It’s water. More specifically, the water cycle.
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:31 pm
a wave
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:46 pm
A wave
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:47 pm
A geyser.
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:51 pm
My guess is the waves from the ocean
October 23rd, 2014 at 2:58 pm
An ocean wave
October 23rd, 2014 at 3:01 pm
Wave
October 23rd, 2014 at 3:55 pm
a wave…
October 23rd, 2014 at 4:54 pm
Stormwater Stumper: a wave
October 23rd, 2014 at 6:24 pm
The tide
October 23rd, 2014 at 7:21 pm
what is an ocean wave?
October 23rd, 2014 at 9:01 pm
A wave!
October 24th, 2014 at 4:42 am
yes a wave
October 24th, 2014 at 6:55 am
A Wave is talking.
October 24th, 2014 at 9:42 am
an ocean wave as it heads toward shore and finaly breaks.
October 24th, 2014 at 8:10 pm
answer to the riddle: ocean wave
October 24th, 2014 at 11:53 pm
Sounds like a Wave.
October 25th, 2014 at 1:37 pm
I think the riddle answer is: the water cycle
October 26th, 2014 at 7:29 am
I believe you are describing the ocean and its waves.
October 26th, 2014 at 8:43 am
A wave
October 27th, 2014 at 7:36 am
The answer is it’s an “ephemeral stream/river”
October 27th, 2014 at 10:38 am
It’s a wave.
October 27th, 2014 at 3:18 pm
I believe the answer is the ocean or a wave in the ocean.
October 27th, 2014 at 3:20 pm
An ocean swell, breaking at the shoreline.
October 27th, 2014 at 3:23 pm
A wave
October 27th, 2014 at 3:42 pm
WAVE
October 27th, 2014 at 3:57 pm
WAVE
October 27th, 2014 at 3:59 pm
It’s a wave.
October 27th, 2014 at 4:04 pm
A wave, of course!
October 27th, 2014 at 4:08 pm
Wave of Water
October 27th, 2014 at 4:20 pm
It’s the Los Angeles Aqueduct as it flows towards the mountains. Then it rises by way of a pumping station over the crest. Reaching the top then gravity brings the water cascading and visible from the Interstate 5 into a reservoir below.
October 27th, 2014 at 4:25 pm
Must Be a Tree
if not – it must be storm water in the LA river =)
Smiles
October 27th, 2014 at 4:27 pm
wave
October 27th, 2014 at 4:46 pm
A wave?
October 27th, 2014 at 4:47 pm
Hello. The riddle describes a wave.
October 27th, 2014 at 4:48 pm
ocean waves.
October 27th, 2014 at 4:50 pm
A wave
October 27th, 2014 at 4:51 pm
Ocean Wave
October 27th, 2014 at 4:53 pm
A geyser?
October 27th, 2014 at 8:33 pm
Wave
October 28th, 2014 at 7:49 am
The Sun!
October 28th, 2014 at 9:37 am
a wave
October 28th, 2014 at 9:38 am
Ocean wave
October 28th, 2014 at 9:42 am
A wave
October 28th, 2014 at 9:43 am
a wave.
October 28th, 2014 at 9:44 am
“Sun”
October 28th, 2014 at 9:45 am
ocean waves
October 28th, 2014 at 9:47 am
A wave!!!!
October 28th, 2014 at 9:49 am
a wave.
October 28th, 2014 at 2:16 pm
rain water/ storm water run off
October 28th, 2014 at 5:42 pm
The answer is ” a tree”.
October 28th, 2014 at 7:21 pm
Waves
October 30th, 2014 at 10:53 am
its doreen’s cig butts along the shores!
October 31st, 2014 at 8:42 am
You are talking about GEYSER
October 31st, 2014 at 8:32 pm
river
November 3rd, 2014 at 8:33 am
A wave
November 4th, 2014 at 2:53 pm
A Wave.