Cage Under the Flight Path
It’s been eating at me. HBO announces they’re moving True Detective Season 5 to Jamaica Bay, and everyone starts talking about the gritty New York atmosphere, the maritime mysteries, the “different milieu.” Nobody is talking about the sound. Jamaica Bay sits directly under the JFK Airport flight path. A Boeing 777 generates 140 decibels on approach. The traditional True Detective format requires a detective to whisper something profound about the abyss for extended periods. The math does not work.