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Rain, rain go away. No really, go away. Today’s rain is just the initial blast of wet weather that we’ll be seeing over the next five days. Get ready for even more storms. According to King 5 meteorologist Rich Marriott, “the rain will be heavy Thursday morning,” and then after a midday reprieve, it will “pick up again in the late afternoon and evening.”

We have 15 days until pitchers and catchers report to spring training. So is it time to start boxing up the Seahawks gear and slipping into a Mariners mindset? Some people think we need a little more time to get over the heartbreaking Super Bowl loss, comparing it all to a “bad breakup.” But you know what they say! Something about ripping off a bandage and that hurting less, etc.

My, how Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood has changed over the years. The Seattle PI has a few fun facts about the area that newbies like me didn’t know, such as this one: “The buildings that mark it – Pacific Tower (formerly the U.S. Marine Hospital) and the Veterans Administration building – were both built to heal the nation’s veterans. Its largest open space, Jefferson Park, was once home to the city’s “pesthouse,” a quarantine tent for the contagiously ill.” See photos and read more about the neighborhood’s transformation here.

Could Bellevue or Tukwilia hold promising space options for a future NHL arena? Two investor groups are in discussions with landowners of those two sites. The Seattle Times has the full report.