Boy you got that right. Ya musta been here.
I spent a lot of time in KS, NE, CO, OK as a 20-something.
Actually I thought you were going to say: "We have tons of water....it's just 200 feet down, under the sand."
I thought about it. “We keep it underground so it wont evaporate away”. I am east of 100 degrees longitude so when it rains we can get a lot. This year 52”. We beat Augusta Maine, which had 41.9”
https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/maine/united-states/3189