That's what the tech people are going to do. Use the backup before 'The Event' and merge it with the latest backup so we don't lose posts.
I was hoping that was the case but I'm far from knowledgeable about the technical side of the website so I didn't want to promise anything about what could be done for a fix until I heard from them.
This should be done sometime on Wednesday.
-edit- They're ahead of schedule!