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.
(..) Those are perfectly good memories. The names of every Cutiepie princess doll? Yes. That is critical information. - Glitter storm, Honey pants... - Forget them. - Hey! Bring those back. - They're in the Dump. - Nothing comes back from the Dump. - Yeah. Look, lady. This is our job, okay. (..)2015 Inside Out