IPhoto just deleted my Mobileme Galleries!?!

I just opened iPhoto to get an error message per each of my galleries online. It said, "Your Mobileme gallery insert gallery name has been deleted. First, how does this program have access to delete my galleries without approval and second why did this happen? Any guidance would be helpful so I don't have to upload all my photos again. If so, I'll probably just move them to flickr and get rid of this buggy software...

Did you delete them in iPhoto? Did you delete them using MobileMe? Did your MobileMe subscription run out? What did you do and what do you think might have caused this? Since we know nothing except what you tell us and since no one else has reported a problem it is not possible to help without more information
And threatening the users here with quitting using iPhoto certainly is not powerful
LN

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    So that iPhoto would run as it is designed to without a high probability of problems. Ain't hindsight great!
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