Heck it will blow 66mph around here on any given day 
We get storms like this one all the time....and in the winter they are called Nor'easters.....hurricane strength winds, but no name 
I know bout Naw eastahs well growing up in the nawth, where is snows north...
It is hard enough to get around down here when the weather is good thats all
When coconuts commence to let loose, then it is bad.
A good day on the flightline years ago the winds were steady at 40, gusts to 60, regular old day.
When Andrew blew through years back, my remote weather station which was installed for a pollution program I was doing, registered 165mph on the remote recorder before it blew away, never found it...4 holes and broke concrete. My freinds we in Carols for Hugo, not good either..