NOthing shows up after iPhoto asked to upgrade thumbnails

iPhoto 6.0.5 asked to upgrade my thumbnails. I told it to go ahead and now NOTHING shows up in my library. All my photos, books, cards, calendars and slideshows are gone. I must have them back. Please help. All of my files are still in my photo library directory. when I try to open each individual file it tells me my files is corrupt. How can I rebuild my library?
Jaime

TD,
regarding:
Have the affected photos ever been stored or moved via a disk or flash drive that is formatted for Windows?
No. The photos were the original .tif files I scanned before adding to iPhoto.
It is all very weird. I had mutliple things going on:
- syncing iPod with iPhoto for first time (new 5.5G 30GB iPod)
- iPhoto "upgrading" my thumbnails
- podcast streaming in the background (twit)
I am back to normal after restoring from backup. I still have all of the folders and files from my corrupted iPhoto library and I can view the originals in Preview.
Thanks for the suggestion.
I am not sure if I should mark this thread answered since I still don't know why my iPhoto library was corrupted.
1.25G4 Mac mini| 512MB RAM | 80GB HDD | Superdrive | 512 Mb Shufle Mac OS X (10.4.7) iPhoto 6.0.5

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