front edge of this change begins to occur and we used to see this quite a bit, the night of the johnstownlood in 1977 same kind of thing happened. you have the thunderstorms that race east/southeastward and get warm southwest winds and the low levels in there and feed the thunderstorms as they come in. and then you see them refire with the heating of the day. and that's what you're seeing going on now. >> is that happening in a wider swath? we are showing some observances from illinois and the surrounding communities. it just seems like a wider swath than we typically see. >> it seems like a wider swath because everybody is paying attention to it. but when you work in the business 35 years and have watched the outbreaks in 1985 there was a tremendous outbreak of tornadoes. when you put this in perspective, you can realize that something like this happened quite a bit. it has been happening a lot here in 2011. >> joe, you may have a future in meteorologist. i always learn something and appreciate that. >>> all right. meanwhile, what is the white house announcing tomorrow that has no presid