BCH is going through a hard fork that has been planned to take place 11/13/2017. People are pumping it up to get as much as possible from the split, just like in all the other bitcoin hard forks. Here's a link to an article about it.
https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-cash-community-preps-for-a-hard-fork-slated-for-november-13/
That's not the case. BCH is undergoing an upgrade through a fork. There will be no split.