Yeah, the cloudflare blog didn't make much sense. At one point it basically talks about how great it is that it got advanced warning that could potentially be acted on, then pretty much says, "oh, but we don't want to know ahead of time next time".
Have you tried buying anything with Bitcoin Cash? Currently the transaction fee is under 500 satoshi (about 1/5 of 1 US cent) to have your transaction included in the next block.