A simple picture of a hurricane has wind spiraling in toward the calm eye with the wind going faster and faster as it nears the center. But, as the graphic above shows, the real picture is much more complex. Fla. This whole complex pattern of winds was moving west, which would be right to left across the screen.
Every hurricane is different and changes from minute to minute.
The winds shown here are estimates of ground-level wind derived from measurements by an Air Force airplane flying at about 10,000 feet. Winds at this level were even faster. Friction with the ocean and the ground slows the winds at ground level. As Andrew moved across Dade County, its wind patterns became even more complicated. Tornado-like vortices with even faster winds moved around the eye doing some of the worst damage.