Earthquake: The Long Road Back : Residents of Mobile Homes Are Hit Hard : Simi Valley: Only about 25 of one park’s 270 units escaped damage and none had gas or water Tuesday.

Simi Valley resident Scott Lewis stood outside his mobile home Tuesday morning surveying the damage.

Lewis, one of the occupants of the 250 homes in the Simi Country Mobile Home Estates park on Rory Lane that were either destroyed or severely damaged by the quake, was left without power, gas or water Tuesday. He was one of many residents who said they were considering moving out of the park.

Although power and water had been restored to much of the city by late Tuesday, some east-end neighborhoods were still without services. For residents of those areas, the city is supplying potable water at Santa Susana Park, the Metrolink Station on Los Angeles Avenue and Royal High School on Royal Avenue.

Lewis’ double-coach mobile home had twisted completely off its supporting jacks and dropped 2 feet to the concrete surface, cracking walls and puncturing holes through the floor during the early morning quake Monday.

“I have a 1 1/2-year-old daughter, and I tell you I’ve never been more scared in my life,” said Lewis, 26. “I grabbed her like a football, and I grabbed my wife’s arm and I ran for the door. I got them out of there. That’s all I care about.”

Several apartment complexes and shopping centers nearby also received major structural damage in the quake.

The Simi Valley Rehabilitation Center and Nursing Home on Los Angeles Avenue was condemned Monday, and its 94 patients were transferred to several hospitals and nursing homes throughout the east county, said Cecil Mays, an official at the center.

A mile away, the roofs of the Pic-N-Save and the Sears Outlet Store in the Tapo Oaks shopping center on Tapo Street collapsed. Down the street, two buildings of Simi Valley’s famed Bottle Village also came crashing down. The one-acre village, which includes several buildings made of glass bottles, is internationally recognized as a valuable work of folk art.

Supporters of Bottle Village had hopes of restoring the deteriorating structures, which were built 30 years ago. The Preserve the Bottle Village Committee had been told recently that it had until June to supply the city with a plan to make the village earthquake-proof or face possible demolition.

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Hoping to boost local interest in the village, Janice Wilson, who was leading the preservation efforts, had launched two educational projects: a video about the village and a grant-funded reprinting of a booklet by its creator, “Grandma” Tressa Prisbey.

Wilson could not be reached for comment Tuesday. But a note was left on the wrought-iron gates in front of the village on Cochran Street: “No one was hurt. Cleanup days Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 23 and Jan. 24. Please come by if you can, even for a few minutes. Thanks.”

Neighbor Tom Rupert, whose cinder-block wall separating him from the collapsed village, said he was impressed that not all of the glass bottle buildings had toppled over.

“Maybe Grandma Prisbey knew how to build walls better than we do,” laughed Wilson, a concrete contractor.

Residents of the Simi Country mobile home park, many of whom are retired or otherwise living on modest incomes, were among the hardest hit in the city.

“We have a lot of elderly people in here, and a lot of them were trapped in their houses,” said resident Tim Limb, 36, whose mobile home was one of the few spared. “I just grabbed some of the young people and started going around helping people get out.”

Miraculously, he said, there were no major injuries. “There were just some scratches and banged knees,” he said. “One man had a gash on his head. But that was about it.”

Still, only about 25 of the park’s 270 mobile homes escaped damage. And only a few of those had power Tuesday. None had gas or water.

“I’ve only been here three weeks,” said manager Mike Pennington, 42, who had little more than condolences to offer his tenants. “Nice welcome, huh?”

Pennington said it would probably be several weeks before all of the damaged mobile homes were removed. Several tenants told him Tuesday they planned to move out.

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Tim and Cheryl Peel, who have lived in the park for 5 1/2 years, were among those who said they probably would be leaving. Their mobile home split in two after it was knocked off its foundation.

“I don’t feel safe in a mobile home anymore,” said Tim Peel, 40, who was inside the mobile home with his 3-year-old daughter when the quake hit. “I used to, but this was quite a ride. We can’t stay here. I just want to get what we can and get out of here.”

Neighbor Martha Cuilty, 65, was rummaging through her fallen mobile home with the help of her grandchildren Tuesday, trying to salvage whatever personal belongings and furniture she could.

“I didn’t think it was that bad,” said Cuilty, a 17-year resident of the park. “But God--when I came outside, it was terrible, terrible.”

At the west end of the city, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library was closed to the public Tuesday, as workers rearranged exhibits that had been jostled around but otherwise saved from serious damage by special earthquake-proof mounting.

“We were very blessed that we had no major damage,” said Dennis Daellenbach, assistant director of the museum and library near Simi Valley. “In almost all of the cases, the earthquake mitigation mounts did their job.”

Still, there were some signs of minor damage throughout the library. The quake left two visible cracks in the ceiling of the life-size Oval Office replica.

“Our intent is to open” today, said library curator Ann Bethel.

Meanwhile, the city of Simi Valley has set up hot lines for public assistance and services. Residents may call 583-6321 or 583-6309.

Building and safety inspectors are canvassing the city to assess and estimate damage as quickly as possible, officials said. Residents who believe their homes have structural damage should call 583-6723.

Mayor Greg Stratton said that a disaster assistance center will be set up in the city within the next few days to aid residents.

Correspondent James Maiella Jr. contributed to this report.