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.
(..) my real fucking name. It's over, Leon. Get out of town. Wow. Well, I ain't running, Doc. I say we drive into the storm. Ride the hurricane. We could be on a non-extradition beach, drinking non-extradition cocktails, (..)2017 Baby Driver