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.
(..) guy to do my books. A mistake, I... anybody could make it. I just need you guys to help me weather the storm. Sir, you're being investigated by the government for tax fraud. My store is a landmark in New Rochelle. (..)2002 Catch Me If You Can