The hurricane-force winds from Andrew extended no further north than the Dade/Broward county line (somewhat further north on the barrier beaches). Before reaching Louisiana, Andrew clobbered parts of two counties (Dade and the mainland portion of Monroe County, largely if not entirely the Everglades National Park). Hurricane Wilma by contrast brought hurricane-force winds well north of Lake Okeechobee, along the Atlantic coast as far north as Cape Canaveral, and south beyond the Keys and across the Florida Straits to the Cuban coastline. That’s the difference between a “narrow” hurricane and a much broader damage path.
Yes, thank you. That is the point I feebly attempted to make as the difference between the “finger of God” and the “Backhand of God”.