FYI anyone having load spikes, or other high load issues I have found a possible solution. Providing that you have your own domain, and run it through Cloudflare, you can set page rules. In your CF account under your domain look for "Rules>Page Rules" then +add rules. Here is an example of what I set up. It seems to be working. My load was looming upwards of 7500. Now stable under 1700.
*Wordpress users can also use "Super Page Cache for Cloudflare" plugin for WP, and set even more customization. I recommend turning off automatic updates. I would also recommend removing any themes you are not using as well as unused plugins.
*https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/troubleshooting-surges-or-spikes-in-web-traffic/