Nearly 30,000 Now Affected As Drought Creeps Back Into Colorado

By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – In a state like Colorado, which is roughly 1,000 miles away from the nearest source of moisture, we depend on the jet stream to bring soggy storm systems our way.
But sometimes that doesn’t happen and it can mean an unwelcome yet frequent visitor called drought.
According to estimates by the U.S. Drought Monitor, as of April 7 there were 28,860 residents of Colorado now considered to be in drought.
That number is up over 10,000 from just one week ago wi