A tree, apparently tired from the heat on this otherwise calm day, fell on Varnum Avenue, took down some power lines, and cut power to about 2,900 people about 2:30 p.m. Two-thirds were back on by 4:45 p.m., and all were expected to be back by now.

There is currently, at a few minutes before 6 p.m., a motorcycle accident at Whipple and Andover in Billerica, in which a man has very badly broken his leg, including an open fracture, according to police radio broadcasts. He's conscious and alert and still at the scene.

I'll check for more details on that later tonight, but at this time of day I'd never get through traffic and get to the scene in time for pictures.