It’s not dumb... The amount or water was the same, but none was in the atmosphere. It was all on the ground. That is what blew me away when I first found out that the driest desert on the planet is Antarctica with almost zero atmospheric precipitation.
I have a friend who lives in Alaska. He says that while it is cold in the winter it is not as bad as some think because it is a dry cold. All the water is frozen and laying on the ground. :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica
Yes, but you become a walking human battery due to all of the static electricity!