[jedberg]

My guess is that they knew the caches would get blown out and would have to refill with content from non-blacked out subs, and decided to just take the hit and let it ride, knowing it would recover itself soon enough.

I mean, honestly that's probably what I would have done if I were still in charge.

[RSHEPP]

And in this case, use it as an opportunity to learn more about the system. Treat it as an experiment.