Two days after Hurricane Laura, a McDonald's business owner began giving away 10,000 free meals from a portable restaurant. The day after Hurricane Laura rolled through parts of Louisiana and Texas on August 27th, Rikesh Patel, the owner of several McDonald's in Louisiana, made a call to corporate. Within 24 hours, a restaurant on wheels arrived in Lake Charles to help feed families in need of a hot meal. For six days, Patel served over 10,000 free brown bag meals of cheeseburgers, fries and bottled water