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.
(..) the coldest one in a thousand years. We should ride home and wait out the coming storms. The war is not over. And I promise you, friend, the true enemy won't wait out the storm. He brings the storm. Your son was butchered at the Red Wedding, Lord Manderly, but you refused the call. (..)2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: The Winds of Winter Season: 6 Episode 10