All 3 Uses of "tempest" in "The Bean Trees"

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You're about as tempest-tossed as they come.†
Chpt 17. *
A tempest was a bad storm where things got banged around a lot.†
Chpt 17.
"Tempest-tossed" was from the poem on the Statue of Liberty that started out, "Give me your tired, your poor."†
Chpt 17.

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(1) (tempest)
a violent commotion or disturbance -- especially a violent storm or emotional outburst

The expression tempest in a teapot describes people as being upset over an unimportant matter.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)