*sniffsniff*. All my masterful pieces of prose designed to enlighten the masses---gone :-(.
On the bright side of things: all the dreadful debates regarding the US elections are gone as well :-).
Nevertheless, great job for getting the site up and running again: I know it must have caused major arrythmia and hair loss, and in addition much anger in general since you had no choice but to upgrade the forums to code which was known not to be production-ready. Is there any indication that such a major corruption is now out of the question in the future, barring the odd head crash, or cat pissed in the server-scenario?
For now, get some rest and relax. I'm sure noone will mind the extra delay in services after this episode.