cubic gallons

[Mullins, Bill]

>
> Fox News reports this morning that the municipal pumping
> stations in N.O. are pumping out "miliions of cubic gallons"
> of water per hour.
>
> Here's a site from 1997-99 that says the cubic gallon is real
> [http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Flight/intermediate/measure-01.h
> tml] : "Other cubic measures are: Cubic meters, cubic
> gallons, cubic liters."
>
> It's copyrighted by Cislunar Aerospace, Inc., so it must be
> accurate !  About 500 Googlits for "cubic gallons" too !
> (Fewer for "metric gallons.")
>
> Can anyone provide a scientific explanation ?   Or is science
> baffled once again ?
>
The best scientific explanation is that many people who have keyboards
don't have good learning.