His racial comments 'kicked/whipped/stirred up a storm' in the newspapers. [=newspapers criticized his racial comments very strongly]
The college was quiet that morning, but it was 'the calm before the storm'. Thousands of students would arrive later.
Newspapers have 'weathered the storm' of online information by providing news online themselves.
(..) all of whom have sworn to kill for me? They're hard to miss. - But still, I need your help? - Davos: Not to defeat Cersei. You could storm King's Landing tomorrow and the city would fall. Hell, we almost took it and we didn't even have dragons. - Almost. - But you haven't stormed King's Landing. (..)2017 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: The Queen's Justice Season: 7 Episode 3