Been a challenging day all around.
Admin thinks it's handled, for now. It is an on going concern, and is being given LOTS of attention by the IT minions, along w/ the background changes to the store, the forum is going to get some much needed improvements.
It still isn't as bad as the torpedo shot vB5 gave us, but is still frustrating, we (Mods, Admin team, the IT folks and the owners) all agree. It is headed in the right direction: escaping the vB5 problems.