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.
(..) or the consequence of his mistake. Like the scars of his betrayal... or the memory of his kiss. So we wait for the storm to pass, hoping for the best. Even though we know in our hearts... some stains are so indelible... nothing can wash them away. (..)2006 TvShow: Desperate Housewives Title: Listen to the Rain on the Roof Season: 3 Episode 1
(..) And I love you. Orson... my hand. The buffet is open. Bree... Every storm brings with it hope... that somehow by morning, everything will be made clean again, and even the most troubling stains will have disappeared, (..)2006 TvShow: Desperate Housewives Title: Listen to the Rain on the Roof Season: 3 Episode 1