They are terrified!
It's coming to a shire or provence near you very, very, soon and they are just about ready to soil their skivvies.
When I went back to Europe September 20th, 2001; none of the everyday people seemed terrified. Several Americans freaked and would not go back. Frankly, I run across way more Americans that are terrified than Brits, Aussies, Italians, or Russians. And the French were not terrified at all. They have transit strikes that screw up their routine worse than this will.