1 00:00:00,566 --> 00:00:01,266 >> Sreenivasan: LAST WEEK 2 00:00:01,266 --> 00:00:02,100 NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S CHRISTOPHER 3 00:00:02,100 --> 00:00:03,466 BOOKER SHARED A PORTRAIT OF WHAT 4 00:00:03,466 --> 00:00:04,833 THE NEW NORMAL LOOKS LIKE FOR 5 00:00:04,833 --> 00:00:06,433 HIM AND HIS FAMILY. 6 00:00:06,433 --> 00:00:07,700 WE ASKED YOU TO TELL US HOW 7 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:09,300 YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR TIME DURING 8 00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:11,000 THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD. 9 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,366 HERE'S WHAT ONE FAMILY IN WEST 10 00:00:12,366 --> 00:00:15,100 VIRGINIA TOLD US. 11 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:15,966 >> Reporter: THE STORY OF THE 12 00:00:15,966 --> 00:00:16,966 WOLFORD'S FAMILY WINDMILL IN 13 00:00:16,966 --> 00:00:18,566 SLANESVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA 14 00:00:18,566 --> 00:00:20,133 STARTS AS MANY A STORY OF FAMILY 15 00:00:20,133 --> 00:00:21,800 CONTRAPTIONS DO. 16 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,133 A FRIEND CALLED UP, SHE HAD SOME 17 00:00:23,133 --> 00:00:24,100 SCRAP METAL. 18 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:25,100 >> AND AS SOON AS I SAW THE 19 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:27,066 SCRAP PILE, I SAW THE ANGLE 20 00:00:27,066 --> 00:00:29,100 IRON, UH, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE 21 00:00:29,100 --> 00:00:30,100 IT CLICKED. 22 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:31,066 IT'S LIKE, THIS WOULD BE PERFECT 23 00:00:31,066 --> 00:00:33,000 FOR A WINDMILL. 24 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,000 >> Reporter: THE ORIGINAL PLAN 25 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,100 WAS TO BUILD THE WINDMILL LAST 26 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:37,133 SUMMER, BUT ROBERT THE DAD HAD A 27 00:00:37,133 --> 00:00:38,333 CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASS TO 28 00:00:38,333 --> 00:00:39,200 TAKE. 29 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:40,500 AND ROBBIE THE SON HAD A 30 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:42,333 VACATION IN FLORIDA TO GO ON. 31 00:00:42,333 --> 00:00:44,033 SO, NO WINDMILL. 32 00:00:44,033 --> 00:00:46,566 >> AND IT JUST DIDN'T GET DONE. 33 00:00:46,566 --> 00:00:47,500 >> Reporter: BUT IN MARCH WHEN 34 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:48,366 THEY STARTED SHELTERING IN 35 00:00:48,366 --> 00:00:49,966 PLACE, ROB THE DAD COULD NO 36 00:00:49,966 --> 00:00:51,233 LONGER TEACH WEST-VIRGINIA 37 00:00:51,233 --> 00:00:52,400 STUDIES AT THE LOCAL MIDDLE 38 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,500 SCHOOL AND ROBBIE THE SON COULD 39 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:56,166 NO LONGER GO TO NINTH GRADE. 40 00:00:56,166 --> 00:00:58,000 FATHER AND SON, LIKE MOST OF US, 41 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,000 NOW HAD TIME. 42 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,900 >> THE WHOLE STRUCTURE WEIGHS A 43 00:01:00,900 --> 00:01:04,333 SCOTCH OVER 525 POUNDS. 44 00:01:04,333 --> 00:01:06,733 IT TOOK PERHAPS THE BETTER PART 45 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:08,433 OF A HALF DAY TO GET IT ACTUALLY 46 00:01:08,433 --> 00:01:09,666 RAISED. 47 00:01:09,666 --> 00:01:10,566 >> Reporter: THE PLAN IS TO PUT 48 00:01:10,566 --> 00:01:12,000 A TURBINE ON THE TOP OF THE 16' 49 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,100 HIGH STRUCTURE AND USE THE WIND 50 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:15,800 TO POWER A PUMP, THAT WILL PUSH 51 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,666 AIR INTO A NEARBY POND AND KEEP 52 00:01:17,666 --> 00:01:19,033 THE ALGAE AWAY. 53 00:01:19,033 --> 00:01:20,266 THEY ALSO HOPE THE TURBINE WILL 54 00:01:20,266 --> 00:01:21,833 BE ABLE TO POWER A GENERATOR, 55 00:01:21,833 --> 00:01:22,833 PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF 56 00:01:22,833 --> 00:01:24,266 ELECTRICITY FOR THE HOUSE. 57 00:01:24,266 --> 00:01:25,566 WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS PROJECT 58 00:01:25,566 --> 00:01:31,833 MEANS FOR YOU IN THIS TIME? 59 00:01:31,833 --> 00:01:34,800 >> STRONGER BONDING. 60 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,866 >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? 61 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:40,666 >> I GET TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU. 62 00:01:40,666 --> 00:01:41,333 >> OH, YOU GOT TO SPEND TIME 63 00:01:41,333 --> 00:01:42,666 WITH ME. 64 00:01:42,666 --> 00:01:44,700 THANK YOU. 65 00:01:44,700 --> 00:01:46,900 FOR ME IT IS CERTAINLY A BONDING 66 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:47,866 EXPERIENCE. 67 00:01:47,866 --> 00:01:49,400 IT'S A PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION 68 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,166 OF SOMETHING I HOPE IN THE 69 00:01:51,166 --> 00:01:54,033 FUTURE WILL BE A MEMORY FOR 70 00:01:54,033 --> 00:01:55,000 ROBBIE. 71 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,066 AND IF IT POWERS NOTHING ELSE 72 00:01:56,066 --> 00:01:58,466 BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHTS OF A 73 00:01:58,466 --> 00:02:00,733 GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS DAD. 74 00:02:00,733 --> 00:02:01,733 AND CERTAINLY I WOULD ENCOURAGE 75 00:02:01,733 --> 00:02:03,500 EVERYONE AT THIS TIME TO, YOU 76 00:02:03,500 --> 00:02:05,266 KNOW, FIND THE LEMONS AND MAKE 77 00:02:05,266 --> 00:02:07,333 LEMONADE OUT OF THEM UNDER THESE 78 00:02:07,333 --> 00:02:07,733 CIRCUMSTANCES.