Glenn Carey of Davenport, and his son, Kevin, of Minneapolis, were on the skybridge, viewing the flooding. Kevin was taking photos, like so many others.

"My son came home for the weekend from Minneapolis, and I told him to turn the faucet off," Glenn Carey said, referring to how the upper regions of the river affect flooding in this region.

"I was talking a photo of the U.S. 61 sign on River Drive because it goes all the way to Minneapolis," Kevin said.

"I have seen most of the floods," Glenn Carey said.

"He even has color slides of people taking rowboats down 2nd Street and River Drive during the '65 flood," Kevin said.

Many were viewing the sites from the Centennial Bridge while others were just enjoying a walk to get an eye-level view of the water. But as morning neared noon, people were entering the skybridge in droves.

"I have never been on the skybridge when it was flooded, so I am checking it out," said Holly Schafer of Milan, who was busy snapping photos with her cellphone. She brought her daughter, Jessica, 12, and son, Jared, 5. "I think it is awesome. I have seen it on TV and in the paper, of course, but nothing like being in person."