Image Deletion- "Well that was a smart move." Answered

Well that was smart. I thought for the first time, I would have a clean out of my image library. I apparently have never noticed before, that your image library is directly connected to your I'ble pictures. I assumed that after you had published an I'ble, that the images in it would be stored. I guess I was wrong... That really really, does not make me happy. I'm just hoping I have some of them saved on my computer, because that little effort just wiped at least 3 of my I'bles... Luckily I was getting a server error so I stopped deleting them after the first 70... I know it's my own fault, but I can't believe I have never had a conversation or heard about that before. I have no idea where to start now, I guess I should un-publish all the I'ble's.