>> Sreenivasan: LAST WEEK

NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S CHRISTOPHER

BOOKER SHARED A PORTRAIT OF WHAT

THE NEW NORMAL LOOKS LIKE FOR

HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

WE ASKED YOU TO TELL US HOW

YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR TIME DURING

THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD.

HERE'S WHAT ONE FAMILY IN WEST

VIRGINIA TOLD US.

>> Reporter: THE STORY OF THE

WOLFORD'S FAMILY WINDMILL IN

SLANESVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA

STARTS AS MANY A STORY OF FAMILY

CONTRAPTIONS DO.

A FRIEND CALLED UP, SHE HAD SOME

SCRAP METAL.

>> AND AS SOON AS I SAW THE

SCRAP PILE, I SAW THE ANGLE

IRON, UH, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE

IT CLICKED.

IT'S LIKE, THIS WOULD BE PERFECT

FOR A WINDMILL.

>> Reporter: THE ORIGINAL PLAN

WAS TO BUILD THE WINDMILL LAST

SUMMER, BUT ROBERT THE DAD HAD A

CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASS TO

TAKE.

AND ROBBIE THE SON HAD A

VACATION IN FLORIDA TO GO ON.

SO, NO WINDMILL.

>> AND IT JUST DIDN'T GET DONE.

>> Reporter: BUT IN MARCH WHEN

THEY STARTED SHELTERING IN

PLACE, ROB THE DAD COULD NO

LONGER TEACH WEST-VIRGINIA

STUDIES AT THE LOCAL MIDDLE

SCHOOL AND ROBBIE THE SON COULD

NO LONGER GO TO NINTH GRADE.

FATHER AND SON, LIKE MOST OF US,

NOW HAD TIME.

>> THE WHOLE STRUCTURE WEIGHS A

SCOTCH OVER 525 POUNDS.

IT TOOK PERHAPS THE BETTER PART

OF A HALF DAY TO GET IT ACTUALLY

RAISED.

>> Reporter: THE PLAN IS TO PUT

A TURBINE ON THE TOP OF THE 16'

HIGH STRUCTURE AND USE THE WIND

TO POWER A PUMP, THAT WILL PUSH

AIR INTO A NEARBY POND AND KEEP

THE ALGAE AWAY.

THEY ALSO HOPE THE TURBINE WILL

BE ABLE TO POWER A GENERATOR,

PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF

ELECTRICITY FOR THE HOUSE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS PROJECT

MEANS FOR YOU IN THIS TIME?

>> STRONGER BONDING.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

>> I GET TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU.

>> OH, YOU GOT TO SPEND TIME

WITH ME.

THANK YOU.

FOR ME IT IS CERTAINLY A BONDING

EXPERIENCE.

IT'S A PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION

OF SOMETHING I HOPE IN THE

FUTURE WILL BE A MEMORY FOR

ROBBIE.

AND IF IT POWERS NOTHING ELSE

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHTS OF A

GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS DAD.

AND CERTAINLY I WOULD ENCOURAGE

EVERYONE AT THIS TIME TO, YOU

KNOW, FIND THE LEMONS AND MAKE

LEMONADE OUT OF THEM UNDER THESE

CIRCUMSTANCES.