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There are a lot of differences between the two. First of all, Andrew had winds in excess of 155mph at landfall, which Irene probably had 1-minute sustained at 85mph. Irene was a Category 1 at landfall and a 120 mpg category 3 at peak strength, unlike Andrew which was a Category 5.

The only thing that could even remotely give Irene the upper hand against Andrew is that is was much larger and covered a larger area of land.

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