 After the huricane the communications were not available to contact the drivers of any of those buses to place them into service or save them from being drowned.
<clarity>  After the huricane the communications were not available to contact the drivers of any of those buses to place them into service or save them from being drowned.
 After the huricane the communications were not available to contact the drivers of those buses to place them into service or save them from being drowned.